high-performance sport news

Manchester Metropolitan University and the UK Sports Institute have joined forces to launch the Centre of Excellence for Women in Sport: a global hub for ... More

UK Sport has outlined its mission to create the "greatest decade of extraordinary sporting moments", driven by success at the Paris 2024 Games and the ... More

Sport Ireland will invest a record €36m in all levels of sport during 2020. The funding will include a €13.8m grant to fund core activities ... More

Franchised gym chain UFC Gym is introducing compression recovery systems at some of its sites. The US-based company has signed a partnership deal with sports ... More

New research has provided a possible explanation for the perceived decrease in endurance musculature as a result of strength training – which could also provide ... More

Elite agency UK Sport has launched a mental health education programme aimed at supporting every athlete across the UK’s high-performance system. Operated in partnership with ... More

Sally Munday, the current chief executive England and GB Hockey, has been appointed CEO of UK Sport. She joins the nation’s high-performance sports agency after ... More

The way elite sport is being funded in the UK could be facing a shake-up, following a consultation into how UK Sport distributes National Lottery ... More

Two leading authorities from the world of sport have had their say on the state of play in the UK, by suggesting a rethink of ... More

Great Britain must continue to invest in elite athletes or risk damaging participation numbers nationwide, according to Dame Katherine Grainger. The chair of UK Sport, ... More

Commonwealth Games England (CGE) will use part of the £4m (US$5m, €4.5m) grant it received from Sport England to create a performance centre within its ... More

UK Sport has launched what it has described as “the biggest multi-sport talent identification campaign in British history” in an attempt to fast-track aspiring athletes ... More

UK Sport’s Mission 2012 programme has found that several sports – including athletics, swimming and boxing – need improvement in terms of coaching and funding ... More