school sports news

Sport for Health, a collaboration between The World Health Organization (WHO), FIFA and Qatar’s Ministry of Public Health, has released an app called Gen Move ... More

Independent gym The Foundry and W10 Personal Training have merged their assets into a new company to launch a small-group personal training concept called Foundry. ... More

Up to £30m will be invested in refurbishing thousands of public tennis courts in the most deprived parts of the UK. The package, which will ... More

Vulnerable young people will be given opportunities to take part in sport and physical activity over the summer holidays by utilising school sports facilities that ... More

The government has pledged to invest more than £10m to open school sports and swimming facilities in England to the public in the evenings, at ... More

Andy Burnham and shadow culture secretary Jo Stevens have joined Paralympic legend Tanni Grey-Thompson in calling on the government to support the physical activity sector ... More

Ukactive has called on HM Treasury to invest more in the physical activity sector, in order to increase its impact across the full breadth of ... More

The UK government is looking to create more physical activity opportunities for children by helping schools open up their facilities outside regular hours – and ... More

England Athletics is looking to expand its Funetics programme across schools and the physical activity sector by actively looking for new partners to deliver the ... More

An interactive toolkit has been launched to help schools in England reframe competition in school sports. Developed by children's charity Youth Sport Trust (YST), the ... More

The fitness of children falls dramatically during the holidays – but the problem could be solved by keeping school sports facilities open during the summer ... More

Health Club operator Planet Fitness is offering high school students aged 15 to 18 years the opportunity to work out for free at any of ... More

The Soft Drinks Industry Levy has come into effect today (6 April), in a move which the government says will "benefit millions of children across ... More

Sugar tax funding distributed to schools will go towards facilities to support physical education and after-school sports clubs, according to the education secretary. Justine Greening ... More

National Football League (NFL) franchise Minnesota Vikings has put forward a proposal to build new headquarters with training facilities and a 6,000-capacity stadium. The stadium ... More

The UK government has announced plans to introduce a surprise £520m levy on sugary drinks to tackle the country's burgeoning obesity problem. Delivering his spring ... More

Every primary school in the UK is set to benefit from organised sports sessions, following a deal struck between the government and the English Premier ... More

The screens and handheld devices that today’s youngsters are ‘hostages’ to should be harnessed as tools to modernise PE and increase physical activity, suggests a ... More

The Gibraltar Football Association (GFA) has been ordered by the Development and Planning Commission (DPC) to cease unauthorised work being carried out on the proposed ... More

The UK government needs to provide clear, strong leadership and appoint a minister with responsibility for producing legacy benefits - or the positive effects of ... More

The Department of Health is investing an extra £5m in getting children and families to exercise and play more sports. Most of the funding will ... More

New research results have revealed that of all the school pupils who participated in National School Sports Week 2012, 1.8 million (49 per cent) children ... More

Recent figures have shown that more than a third of teachers have reported that there has been a reduction in the amount of time in ... More

The government is preparing to make a major announcement on sports in schools, which could see £100m to £150m committed to the Department of Education. ... More

Most parents believe the government has not capitalised on an Olympics and Paralympics legacy of increasing sport in schools and communities, a poll has found. ... More