sports industry news

Broadcaster and natural historian, Sir David Attenborough, will front a new virtual app which will allow users to explore exotic plants and animals in their ... More

UK Coaching is offering free mental health training to sports coaches, to coincide with the start of Mental Health Awareness Week, which runs from 18 ... More

More than 40 sports industry leaders from across the UK have signed an open letter urging the main political parties to address the “alarming public ... More

Sports business leaders in the UK believe that the advent of 5G is likely to drive change and create new experiences in the sports sector ... More

There has been a 'massive increase' in sports participation among the Chinese population following the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Revealing details of legacy programmes to ... More

The organising committee of the Beijing 2022 Winter Games has revealed plans to provide a strong legacy of participation, by creating opportunities for 300 million ... More

The British Olympic Association (BOA) has appointed Andy Anson as its new CEO. Anson, a former chief financial officer at entertainment giant Disney, joins the ... More

International architecture firm GroupGSA have been selected to design a sports-friendly city centre in Chongli, China in preparation for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. ... More

Esports Stadium Arlington, the largest video gaming stadium in North America, has opened in Texas. Designed by international architecture firm Populous and built by Shawmut ... More

International architecture design firm Populous have released conceptual images of its Gaming House of the Future, a multilevel recreational hub for professional esports gamers. Designed ... More

Women in Football (WiF) has named Jane Purdon as its first ever chief executive. Purdon will officially take up her role at the head of ... More

A report into the rapidly growing esports sector has found that the greatest increase in investments in esports over the next year will come from ... More

Warren Ormerod, who was responsible for creating the Pulse Soccer brand, has announced he will step down from his role as director of soccer and ... More

A crowdfunding platform, based on transactions in cryptocurrency, is aiming to offer sports organisations, clubs and individual athletes an alternative way to raise investments and ... More

Populous are working on the largest esports arena in the US – a flexible 100,000sq ft (9,300sq m) venue in the City of Arlington, Virginia. ... More

Birmingham is set to be officially announced as the host of the 2022 Commonwealth Games tomorrow (21 December). Multiple reports state a deal between the ... More

Equality campaigner Dr Rimla Akhtar has joined the board of the Sports Ground Safety Authority (SGSA). Dr Rimla Akhtar MBE, the first Muslim and Asian ... More

Atlanta’s new two million square foot stadium has hosted its first game – a preseason National Football League game between the Atlanta Falcons and the ... 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

FC Barcelona is aiming to capitalise on the growing thirst for football in China by developing a training academy in the mould of its legendary ... More

National governing bodies (NGBs) will be able to donate directly to grassroots sport schemes without paying corporation tax following an intervention by the Treasury. Previously, ... More

Sport England has earmarked a “six-figure investment” fund to address the shocking dearth of ethnic minority board members and executives in the sports industry. The ... More

Welsh rugby legend Gareth Thomas has revealed how immersing himself in fitness helped him fight through the darkest days of his depression and find inner ... More

Health and fitness industry networking event SIBEC UK 2016 gets underway at The Belfry in Birmingham this morning (25 May) with a keynote speech from ... More

Welsh rugby legend Gareth Thomas has been announced as the keynote speaker for physical activity sector networking event SIBEC UK, which takes place at The ... More