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The government’s energy relief for swimming pools, leisure centres and gyms is scheduled to end on 31 March leaving thousands set for closure or service ... More

A number of sportspeople have been recognised for their work in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours list. David Gill, former Manchester United chief executive and ... More

Compliance with DDA (Disability Discrimination Act 2005) regulations does not always make a sports facility fully accessible, according to Kevin Wright, manager of Edinburgh Napier ... More

Establishing a professional domestic league is cited as being of critical importance to the success of British Wheelchair Basketball’s newly announced five-year strategy for transforming ... More

National governing body British Wheelchair Basketball (BWB) has named Professor Philip Wilson its new chair. The appointment will take effect immediately and, according to a ... More

An inclusive multi-sports centre has opened at the St Andrew’s School in Pangbourne, Berkshire. Developed in consultation with disability sports charity SportsAble, the £4m facility ... More

More women and independent voices in the boardroom have seen 55 of the UK’s national sports bodies pass the first test posed by the sector’s ... More

The first permanent venue built for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo has opened to the public. The Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, located ... 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

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded the National Paralympic Heritage Trust £1m (US$1.3m, €1.1m) to establish a heritage centre in the UK chronicling the ... More

The architect behind the Rio 2016 Olympic Park masterplan has encouraged the organisers of the 2020 Tokyo Games to collaborate with Paralympians as soon as ... More

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has followed up on a viral video exchange between the Obamas, the Queen and Prince Harry by promising to “bring ... More

The 21 events funded by National Lottery income through UK Sport in 2015 contributed £21m (US$30m, €27.6m) to the nation’s economy. #EveryRoadtoRio – the series ... More

Rio 2016 organisers have unveiled the 16,000-capacity basketball venue for the Games which forms part of the city’s US$195m (£136.3m, €179.3m) Olympic Training Centre (OTC). ... More

Saudi Arabian football club Al-Hilal and UNESCO have joined forces to promote social inclusion through sports in conflict zones. UNESCO director general, Irina Bokova and ... More

A new paralympic-style sporting event will see more than 300 wounded, injured and sick servicemen and women compete across a number of sports in London ... More

An advert for beer brand Guinness, depicting a group of friends playing wheelchair basketball, has gone viral and could change the perception of disability sport ... More

Sunday 19th August saw the Downs Leisure Centre in Seaford played host to the third annual Seahaven Para Games, with participants coming from across East ... More

According to new figures more disabled people in Wales are taking part in sport than ever before. In December, Sport England announced a nationwide £493m ... More

Aquaterra was delighted and honoured to welcome special guests Catherine West, Leader of Islington Council, Det Chief Supt and Police Borough Commander Gerry Campbell, and ... More

Sport England has today (17 December) revealed the details of its £493m, four-year investment cycle which will run up to the next Olympic year (2016). ... More

Sports ball manufacturer Molten is to renew its sponsorship of Basketball Ireland commencing in September 2012. The sponsorship deal sees the appointment of the Molten ... More

1,000 talented young sportsmen and women from across the South of England are set to benefit from a £500,000 award pot – thanks to the ... More

World heptathlon silver medallist Jessica Ennis has officially opened a new-look gym at the English Institute of Sport (EIS) in Sheffield, following a six-figure refurbishment. ... More