Louise Martin news

A number of leisure industry people have been recognised in this year's New Year Honours list. Sport Former England rugby captain and current chair of ... More

Belfast has been stripped of its right to host the 2021 Commonwealth Youth Games, after the required funding for the event was not released by ... More

The 2018 Commonwealth Games have kicked off on the Gold Coast, Australia, with more than 1.5 billion people tuning in to watch the opening ceremony. ... More

Designs for a world-class aquatics centre have kicked off the race to get Birmingham ready for the Commonwealth Games in 2022. Existing sports facilities played ... More

Birmingham has officially been named the host city of the 2022 Commonwealth Games, beating competition from Kuala Lumpur, Victoria (Canada) and Australia. Speaking at a ... 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

Birmingham faces an unexpected setback in its bid to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games after its application was described as “not fully compliant”. The bidding ... More

The South African city of Durban will not be hosting the 2022 Commonwealth Games after being stripped of the honour by the world governing body. ... More

The Queen has cut the ribbon on a new facility which will be the home of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) together with its sister ... More

Sports facilities in Scotland are the “best they have ever been,” according to sportscotland chair Louise Martin, after visiting the site of the £12m (US$17.3m, ... More

Around 300 athletes will contest 38 medal events at Gold Coast 2018, which is being described as the largest para-sport event in the history of ... More

Mel Young – the founder of the Homeless World Cup and The Big Issue in Scotland – has been appointed as chair of sportscotland. Young ... More

Construction work has begun on Scotland’s new £33m Sports Performance Centre, located at the Riccarton Campus at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. The facility, designed by ... More

Sportscotland has invested a total of £38m on the 17 Commonwealth Games sports during the four-year Glasgow 2014 funding cycle. Figures released by the sports ... More

There's been a 13 per cent increase in the number of school children in Scotland getting involved in sports during term time. Figures from Sportscotland ... More

Two new downhill mountain biking tracks are set to be developed at mountain resort Nevis Range, near Fort William in Scotland after securing an investment ... More

Image: Sportscotland part-funded the new facility A new £1.1m High Performance Sports Science and Sports Medicine Facility has opened at the University of Stirling to ... More

A leisure centre in Dunfermline, Scotland, has officially reopened following the completion of a £17m overhaul, which is part of Fife Council's investment in local ... More

Dundee City Council's (DCC) plans to create a new regional gymnastics centre as part of a refurbishment of the city's Dick McTaggart Sports Centre have ... More

A new community sports hub has been unveiled at Calderglen High School, East Kilbride, as part of wider efforts to create a lasting legacy from ... More

The Scottish Government has announced that more than £2m has been made available as part of an investment package aimed at golfers of all abilities ... More

Sportscotland has handed Scottish Swimming a £1.33m grant to improve the sport in the country. The funding, of which £751,000 is Sportscotland funding from the ... More

A new multi-million pound sports complex has opened its doors to the public in Aberdeen, north east Scotland, on the site of the city's former ... More

Sportscotland has increased its investment in Scottish golf by earmarking more than £1m for the development of the sport. The money being made available will ... More