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The government’s energy relief for swimming pools, leisure centres and gyms is scheduled to end on 31 March leaving thousands set for closure or service ... More

The sport and physical activity sector "hasn't done enough" to tackle persisting inequalities within the industry, according to a statement signed by more than 80 ... More

Construction work has been competed on the Ariake Gymnastics Centre, one of the main venues of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The 12,000-capacity ... More

Seven sports will receive extra funding to support their plans for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Basketball, sitting volleyball, baseball and wrestling will ... More

Mencap has revealed plans to establish 27 activity hubs across England in order to get people with learning disabilities more physically active. The hubs will ... More

An inclusive multi-sports centre has opened at the St Andrew’s School in Pangbourne, Berkshire. Developed in consultation with disability sports charity SportsAble, the £4m facility ... More

Sport England has earmarked £1.5m to extend the Get Set To Go scheme, which encourages people with mental health issues to join mainstream sports clubs, ... More

Sports coaches and occupational therapists have teamed up for a new programme designed to engage people with learning disabilities. Social enterprise Sport for Confidence has ... More

A landmark programme by Mind and Sport England has reinforced the link between regular physical activity and better mental wellbeing. Mind launched the Get Set ... More

A £200m masterplan to host a decade of the finest sporting events in the international calendar has been revealed by UK Sport. So-called ‘mega events’ ... More

One of Scotland’s most important national sports facilities reopened yesterday (30 August) following a £12m (US$15.5m, €13m) redevelopment, hailed as a “first of its kind” ... More

Fifty national governing bodies – including the Football Association (FA), England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Rugby Football Union (RFU) – have agreed action ... More

A sporting body that marries physical activity and occupational therapy for people with learning disabilities has been recognised by a new strategy launched by NHS ... More

Mark England and Penny Briscoe – the two individuals who oversaw Team GB and ParalympicsGB’s success at the Rio 2016 Olympics – have been recognised ... More

This year’s National Fitness Day (NFD) on 7 September encouraged more people to get physically active than ever before, with more than 100,000 estimated to ... More

High performance sports agency UK Sport has invested an extra £2.3m into seven Olympic and Paralympic sports as a result of its Annual Investment Review. ... More

Nicky Roche CBE and John Dowson have been appointed to the board of UK Sport by culture secretary Sajid David. Roche, a former civil servant ... More

Image: The park will offer a number of opportunities The London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) has committed £2m towards a new disability sports festival, which ... More

More than 1,600 children were gripped by Olympic fever when they took part in the first ever South Yorkshire School Games. In an event based ... More

Senior pupils from eight Border's secondary schools came together on 21 October for an Olympic style mentoring session with ex-Olympian Shirley Webb at the Borders ... More

Saturday 20 August 2011 saw the launch of the Seahaven Disability Games for the residents of Searchlight and their invited teams. Sponsored by Sainsbury's Newhaven ... More

London 2012 Paralympic hopeful, Jonny Peacock, will be attending the second annual Disability Sports Day at Newmarket Leisure Centre on 2 July. Jonny is keen ... More

Wave Leisure are delighted to be able to announce that 20 individuals, small organisations and schools across the Lewes District benefitted from the Local Community ... More

Newmarket Leisure Centre is opening its doors to the exciting world of disability sport and will be hosting a Paralympic Sports Open Day on Sunday ... More