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Rowbots, the boutique fitness brand co-founded by star footballer Gareth Bale, has revealed plans to open its second London studio. Set to open on 17 ... More

Undertaking regular physical activity could cut the risk of dying from infectious diseases – such as COVID-19 – by more than a third (37 per ... More

Bob Rogers, the founder of BRC Imagination Arts, has predicted that the visitor attraction industry will see a "surge in interest" during 2021, as the ... More

The FA Cup final in May could be played in front of 20,000 football fans, as part of a programme of test events designed to ... More

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has unveiled an additional £700m funding boost for sports and culture, as part of plans to help the UK economy recover from ... More

The restoration of the Grade II*-listed Power Station in London is nearing completion, with the mixed-use development preparing to open its next phase over the ... More

As the government looks into ways to stem the rising tide of health problems caused by physical inactivity, a sports performance specialist has launched a ... More

Construction work has been completed on the £29m Sports Park project in Colchester. The new facility is due to open on 26 April 2021 – ... More

Plans by Forest Green Rovers Football Club (FGRFC) to play its games at the world’s first entirely wooden stadium have been approved by the English ... More

The Gym Group has brought in Rio Ferdinand and Wais Shaifta as non-executive directors, signalling a broadening of its remit, new horizons and an intention ... More

Football's world governing body FIFA has filed a criminal complaint over what it describes as "criminal mismanagement" of the World Football Museum project in Zurich. ... More

Closing gyms and leisure facilities during any possible future lockdown would be "unthinkable", according to Catherine McKinnell, MP for Newcastle upon Tyne North. McKinnell – ... More

Major spectator sports in England will receive a combined £300m emergency cash injection to protect their immediate futures over the winter period. The Sports Winter ... More

The government has been forced to make a U-turn and to spend more than £400m to support vulnerable children and their families in England. Following ... More

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged his support for plans to build a £70m world class football facility in Northwich, Cheshire. Driven by Cheshire Football ... More

Red light therapy equipment supplier, Red Light Rising has partnered with Aidan Robinson of ITRM Clinic in the UK. Red Light Rising claims to offer ... More

Belgian football team Club Brugge has appointed architects B2Ai and SCAU to develop designs for a new €100m stadium. The new stadium, to be located ... More

More than 100 sport and physical activity bodies have sent a letter to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, urging him to give the sector a ... More

Billionaire Mike Ashley's Frasers Group has acquired the fitness assets of DW Sports for £37m. DW Sports, which previously operated 75 sports retail stores and ... More

Older men who have played football regularly throughout their lives have cells up to 11 years younger than their physically inactive peers. The figure comes ... More

The COVID-19 pandemic is having “a profound effect” on community sports projects and organisations in the UK, according to a report published by The Sport ... More

ukactive has announced that Active Uprising and the National Summit are going digital as part of free events programme for 2020 The events will be ... More

Madrid city council (Ayuntamiento de Madrid) has set out plans to develop a number of sports facilities in the surrounding areas of the existing Wanda ... 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

Plans have been revealed to redevelop the Van Donge & De Roo Stadium in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, into a mixed-use complex dominated by four towers ... More