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A grassroots campaign aiming to create a lasting legacy for the 2019 Rugby World Cup has resulted in nearly 2 million players taking up the ... More

Members of Parliament will quiz cricket chiefs over their plans to capitalise on England's recent World Cup triumph. England secured its first-ever World Cup win ... More

Andy Nash has resigned from his role as a director of The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), after accusing the national governing body of ... More

Cricket Ireland has confirmed plans to develop a new national cricket stadium west Dublin, just months after the country secured Test status on the international ... More

England's cricket match against the West Indies – the first day/night test match to be played in the UK – is being described as a ... More

The governing body for cricket in Ireland has been handed a major boost in its ambition to make the sport part of the nation’s mainstream ... More

Edgbaston, the home of Warwickshire County Cricket Club, will have its capacity increased as it prepares to host the first day/night test match on British ... More

Leeds Rhinos’ proposed Headingley Stadium development will be postponed for at least a year – fuelling concerns that neighbour Yorkshire County Cricket Club will lose ... More

Edgbaston in Birmingham has been selected by cricket’s governing body to host the first ever day/night Test Match in England. The match against the West ... More

Welsh rugby legend Gareth Thomas has revealed how immersing himself in fitness helped him fight through the darkest days of his depression and find inner ... More

Health and fitness industry networking event SIBEC UK 2016 gets underway at The Belfry in Birmingham this morning (25 May) with a keynote speech from ... More

Welsh rugby legend Gareth Thomas has been announced as the keynote speaker for physical activity sector networking event SIBEC UK, which takes place at The ... More

Cricket Ireland is getting ready to launch a National Facilities Strategy as part of an ambitious five-year plan to rival traditional mainstream sports such as ... More

A proposal to spend AS$800m (£409.2m, US$578.7m, €524.9m) on redeveloping the Canberra-located Manuka Oval to attract more elite sporting events has been put forward. A ... More

The Wales Office has revealed its ambition for the nation to attract “top-class” global sporting events – reiterating its desire to see a Commonwealth Games ... More

Male teams competing in next year’s ICC Twenty20 World Cup stand to earn 93 per cent more than their female counterparts – although the sport ... More

A bumper Ashes summer and a boost in domestic spectators resulted in the highest overall attendance figures for British cricket since the English & Welsh ... More

A number of sports shown on the BBC are at risk of a drop in exposure and audience figures as part of the broadcaster's plans ... More

Cricket Australia is set for a financial windfall after British broadcaster BT Sport signed a five-year deal to show its international matches exclusively in the ... More

The Indian government has awarded Afghanistan's cricket board a US$1m grant toward the creation of a new cricket stadium in Aino Mena, Kandahar – a ... More

A new report shows that international matches held at the historic Lord’s cricket ground in north London, UK generate more than £20m for the local ... More

Yorkshire County Cricket Club (YCCC) has unveiled plans for a 20-year, £50m (US$83m, €61m) expansion of Headingley, in order to safeguard the ground’s status as ... More

Taylors' Yorkshire Tea brand has signed a commercial agreement with The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to become the Official Brew of England Cricket. ... More

Image: A concept design for the new stadium A covered sports and entertainment stadium has been proposed among a number of projects included in a ... More