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Antonio Iozzo, founder and CEO of Body Action Gym in Johannesburg, South Africa, has announced plans to open his upscale clubs in seven locations across ... More

A newly opened park in downtown Dallas has been designed by SWA to be welcoming to dogs but to minimise their impact and ensure it ... More

Budget club operator Buzz Gym has opened its fourth club in Oxford. The 18,000sq ft club is the first Buzz Gym to feature the chain's ... More

Charitable social enterprise Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) has been awarded a 10-year contract to run eight West Oxfordshire sports facilities following a competitive re-tender process. ... More

Fitness First has launched a new concept club in the centre of Cologne, Germany, as the operator continues to experiment with new models and styles ... More

A youth organisation has opened the “world’s first” train station football pitch at a site in Atlanta, US. Soccer in the Streets – which empowers ... More

Two brand new leisure centres will open in Walsall, West Midlands this week, marking the culmination of a £24.3m, four-year investment project by Walsall Council. ... More

The Rugby Football Union (RFU) is investigating whether professional clubs are holding players back from playing on artificial turf due to medical or management advice. ... More

The Scottish Football Association (SFA) has queried the timing of survey results published by the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) in relation to artificial pitches, and ... More

The use of artificial turf in professional football has come under the spotlight after three-quarters of Scottish league players said they would rather play on ... More

JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa in San Antonio, Texas, has announced plans for a US$16m (£10.3m, €14.6m) expansion to its waterpark ... More

Sportscotland has invested £3.5m in creating seven new artificial playing pitches. A total of £1.8m has been spent on creating six outdoor pitches across the ... More

The Football Association (FA) is to allow the use of 3G artificial pitches in every round of the FA Cup, starting from next season (2014-15). ... More

The poor state of grass playing pitches is having a negative effect on grassroots football in England. A survey by Sky Sports, completed by 2,500 ... More

Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has opened the GSK Human Performance Lab - a science facility that will look to "deepen the understanding of human performance". ... More

Artist's impressions, claiming to show detailed plans for a new football stadium in New York, US, have emerged on the imgur.com photo sharing website. The ... More

Residents of Risca in Caerphilly, Wales are set to benefit from a £200,000 investment in leisure facilities, as works to improve Risca Leisure Centre are ... More

The Cardiff Blues UK rugby team has a new FieldTurf surface to host the Celtic and European rugby elite at its Cardiff Arms Park home. ... More

TigerTurf has revealed its new sports range Soccer Real 50XQ and Football 60XP PRO. The two turf products are designed to perform to the highest ... More

The £7.8m Three Hills Sports Park in Folkestone, Kent, has been officially opened by minister for sport Hugh Robertson. Funded entirely by a donation from ... More

A new multi-million pound sports centre has opened at Worle Community School in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. The @Worle Centre features a 3G full size artificial turf ... More

More than £700,000 is being invested in Rugeley's Leisure Centre in Cannock Chase, Staffordshire. The new Profiles Health and Fitness Suite at Rugeley Leisure Centre ... More

Image: plans include a new swimming pool Walsall Council has unveiled outline plans to build two new leisure centres in the borough. Initial recommendations for ... More

FieldTurf and its subsidiary company, Poligras Iberica, is providing turf football pitches at the FC Barcelona training ground. The artificial turf will replace the ten-year-old ... More

Image: The centre will focus on field-based sports Canada-based Canlan Ice Sports Corp has secured an 11-year lease for the company's first "non-ice" multi-sports complex, ... More