sport sector news

Mike Farrar has been announced as the new chair at UK Active. His tenure will start in August 2022 when he takes over the position ... More

The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a webinar series to explore the future of physical activity and sport in a world affected by the ... More

Sport England has vowed to tackle inequality and create a nation of "more equal, inclusive and connected communities" through physical activity. Revealing its 10-year strategy ... More

The transport sector is not doing enough to address the barriers that prevent people from cycling – with those from ethnic minority groups and the ... More

Sport England has revealed the 16 projects which will share £1m worth of funding from the Workforce Diversity Great Ideas Fund. Those receiving grants range ... More

Sport Wales has introduced a new initiative to make training and educational sessions more affordable for those involved in the country's sports sector. Launching in ... More

First, the good news. Women now account for 40 per cent of board members across Sport England and UK Sport-funded sports bodies. Then the bad. ... More

Construction work is set to begin on a huge urban development in Saudi Arabia – described as one of the "world's ambitious building projects". NEOM, ... More

Boutique operator Discobarre will launch its first stand-alone studio in London, plans submitted for MSG Sphere, sport sector told to "step up its game" and ... More

The figures revealed in today's Active Lives Children and Young People research have been described an "urgent wake-up call" and a "national disgrace". Published today, ... More

Sport should focus on having more women leaders, in order to bring about cultural change within the sector, according to equality charity Women in Sport. ... More

Former health secretary and current Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has been confirmed as the headline speaker at this year's Active Uprising event. Burnham will address ... More

The government has confirmed that a new Diploma in Sporting Excellence will be made available from September 2018 to replace the part-time Advanced Award in ... More

The value of Olympic and Paralympic sports to the UK now stands at £19bn (€21.42bn, US$25.17bn), according to researchers at Sheffield Hallam University. Using data ... More

Andy Reed, the Sports Think Tank director and former Loughborough MP, has been appointed as the first independent chair of the Sport and Play Construction ... More

Karen Bradley and Tracey Crouch, the government ministers with ultimate responsibility to the UK sport sector, have been retained in their roles despite a post-General ... More

Signatories to the governance recommendations laid out by the Sport and Recreation Alliance are being asked to reaffirm their commitment to a refreshed set of ... More

Peter Fitzboydon, the outgoing chief executive of London Sport, has called on the sport sector to collaborate to head off the competition posed by other ... More

A number of prominent figures in the sport and physical activity sector have called on the incoming government to prioritise the health and fitness of ... More

The Chinese ambassador to the UK has called on the British sport sector to help the nation realise its ambitions of creating its own sports ... More

The workforce in the sport sector will need to become more adaptable and flexible if the government’s physical activity ambition is to be recognised, according ... More

National governing bodies of sport should be required to have at least one named person dedicated to the duty of care of athletes or risk ... More

Premier League chief Richard Scudamore will co-chair a government-devised group geared towards strengthening the business savvy of the UK sport sector. First revealed by the ... More

The architecture studio of Norman Foster are actively seeking to develop a large-scale hybrid machine that can produce metal building components directly from CAD models ... More

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has fired the starting gun on a review into its governance structure. Ian Lovett, deputy chair of the ... More