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Blue Zones – an organisation dedicated to helping people live better and longer lives through researching the world’s longest-lived cultures – has announced a partnership ... More

Multi-award-winning musician, Stormzy, has joined forces with Crystal Palace FC forward Wilfried Zaha to take over non-league football club, AFC Croydon Athletic. Both Zaha and ... More

Five-star luxury spa retreat Luton Hoo Hotel, Golf & Spa is due to be redeveloped under the premium Fairmont Hotels & Resorts brand following a ... More

Pure Gym says it will open over 20 gyms across the UAE, with the first three of these opening in Dubai later this year. This ... 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

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has pledged to transform women's cricket by investing up to £50m in the women's game over the next ... More

A memorable summer of international cricket for England concluded on 15 September with the men's team securing victory in the final Ashes Test to claim ... More

With the wellness tourism sector spreading globally, geographic destinations around the world are seeking to position themselves on the radar of wellness-minded travelers from near ... More

England Hockey has appointed current England Golf chief executive Nick Pink as its new CEO. Pink, whose career also includes a four-year stint at the ... More

Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) has combined social media posts and machine learning to chart entire populations' exercise habits. BUSPH researchers combed through ... More

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has revealed it is looking to introduce a '100 balls' format into its new eight-team, city-based tournament. Further ... 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

Alison Brooks, Alejandro Aravena, Wang Shu, Bjarke Ingels, Elizabeth Diller, Rafael Moneo, Peter Zumthor and David Chipperfield and are among the big names participating in ... More

The national governing body for table tennis has become the first to breach the government’s Code for Sports Governance, with its full £9m (US$11.6m, €10.2m) ... More

The Bannatyne Group has added the Weybridge Health Club and Spa in Surrey to its portfolio for an "undisclosed sum". The group plans to revamp ... More

Two Barcelona architecture studios will design “one of the leading art museums in the Nordic region” after winning an international competition to create a new ... More

The launch of a new-look eight-team Twenty20 competition has been agreed by cricket’s governing body in an attempt to “drive interest and participation”. The England ... More

A new museum and memorial in Montgomery, Alabama has been designed by MASS Design Group and the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) to confront America’s history ... More

Hollywood star Robert De Niro will build his planned luxury hotel in London’s Covent Garden after the deputy leader of the local council hailed the ... More

A number of women will be eligible to attend free coaching courses as part of a Rugby Football League (RFL) initiative to get more female ... More

Police have recovered a body in the search for a missing two-year-old who was snatched by an alligator from a Disney-owned resort. According to Orange ... More

Police in Orlando are searching for a two-year-old boy dragged into the water by an alligator at a Disney-owned resort. The boy was playing on ... More

Hollywood legend Robert De Niro is planning to build an 83-room luxury boutique hotel in London’s Covent Garden. The actor has partnered with development firm ... More

England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) funding for grassroots cricket and First Class Counties has been slashed in favour of increasing financial backing for the ... More

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has made a number of changes to the domestic calendar resulting in fewer County Championship matches. From the ... More