London Sport news

More than 200 organisations and athletes in the UK have signed an open letter to party leaders to commit to making the nation the most ... More

EMD UK, the national governing body for group exercise, has appointed Marcus Kingwell, the current managing director of AoC Sport, as its CEO. Kingwell has ... More

Sports and culture secretary Nicky Morgan has appointed three members to the board of grassroots agency Sport England. Azeem Akhtar, chief technology officer at BT ... More

The mayor of London has appointed digital expert Jillian Moore as chair of London Sport. Moore is currently the global head of digital transformation practice ... More

Primary school staff that are helping and inspiring children in London to be active are to be celebrated in a new initiative from ukactive Kids ... More

Peter Fitzboydon has stepped down from his managing director position at Parkwood Leisure after less than two years in the role. Fitzboydon joined Parkwood in ... More

The Mayor of London has published his Sport for All of Us strategy, following its official adoption by the London Assembly. The strategy, which was ... More

Corporate health and wellbeing services provider Westfield Health has appointed David Capper as its CEO. The move comes as the company is looking to focus ... More

Leaders from the sport, fitness and technology sectors have unveiled a dynamic collaboration to stimulate growth for digital startups that help people get active. Three ... More

Experts from the sport and physical activity sector have a major role to play in delivering the mayor’s London Plan, according to chief executive of ... More

London could become the new home of ‘sport tech’ if a strategic plan succeeds in bringing sport and technology businesses closer together. The plan, published ... More

From secret music events for fitness to sports heatmaps and AI coaches, 16 innovative start-ups have been selected to launch London’s new Sport Tech Hub. ... More

Tove Okunniwa, the former head of marketing for BBC Sport, has been announced as the new chief executive of London Sport. The appointment follows the ... 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

Peter Fitzboydon has stepped down from his chief executive position at London Sport to become the managing director of Parkwood Leisure. Fitzboydon will officially join ... More

A new hub that will foster relationships between sports organisations and technology companies will be established in London at the beginning of 2017. The hub ... More

Londoners are being encouraged to participate in physical activity with the launch of an app which distributes rewards for taking part. The app uses geo-fencing ... More

Sport organisations in London can search through millions of pounds of grant opportunities via a funding identification tool developed by London Sport. The London Sport ... More

London’s first permanent ‘ninja run’ obstacle course has been established in a new leisure centre in Waltham Forest as part of the council’s £30m (US$38.7m, ... More

Organisations in the sector are being invited to move into the ‘House of Sport’ – a London-based office designed to facilitate collaboration and efficiencies. The ... More

As Sport England reveals its vision for sport and physical activity over the next five years, representatives from local government, physical activity operators, County Sport ... More

Buoyed by the response to last week’s inaugural Elevate trade show in London, the event organisers have wasted no time in setting out plans for ... More

Elevate, the new trade show which aims to unite sectors in tackling physical inactivity, kicks off this morning (4 May) with addresses from a range ... More

London Sport has announced the launch of a new insight and data portal as it seeks to make good on its goal of transforming London ... More

London Sport – the capital’s County Sports Partnership (CSP) – has merged with disability sport expert Interactive with immediate effect. Interactive’s staff and operational costs ... More