Rio 2016 news

Technogym has secured a deal to equip 30 Olympic training centres in Tokyo this year, after being named the official supplier to the 2020 Olympic ... More

Chelsea Warr, the UK Sport performance director, has stepped down from her role to join the Queensland Academy of Sport as chief executive later this ... More

UK Athletics has launched an independent review of its handling of the relationship it had with the high-profile Nike Oregon Project (NOP) and its coach ... More

Parents of talented athletes are forking out more than £7,000 a year to ensure their children have the opportunity to excel in their chosen sports. ... More

Leicester City Football Club has appointed Legends International to undertake a research project which will underpin plans for the proposed expansion of its King Power ... More

A new marketing campaign has been launched to showcase the "best of British sport" around the world. The ‘Sport is GREAT’ has been timed to ... 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

Sally Munday, the current chief executive England and GB Hockey, has been appointed CEO of UK Sport. She joins the nation’s high-performance sports agency after ... More

The price of hosting the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics has been revised to US6.88bn – a US$1.36bn increase from the initial cost estimates. According to ... More

Mike Sharrock has been appointed as CEO of the British Paralympic Association (BPA), succeeding Tim Hollingsworth, who was named Sport England CEO earlier this year. ... More

UK Athletics (UKA) chief executive Niels de Vos will step down at the end of September, following more than a decade in the role. During ... More

British Paralympic Association (BPA) chief executive Tim Hollingsworth has been named as the new CEO of Sport England. He will replace Jennie Price, who announced ... More

Two state-of-the-art hockey pitches will be built ahead of the Women’s Hockey World Cup in England next summer. The pitches, costing £600,000, will be constructed ... More

Chair of UK Sport Katherine Grainger says unfunded sports still have a role in the system but will have to look elsewhere for investment as ... More

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has officially approved plans to transform Paris into an Olympic Park for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games – a ... More

Leisure Trust Active Newham has expressed sadness after the death of Para athlete Abdullah Hayayei following a training ground incident on Tuesday evening (11 July) ... More

Alex Danson, who won a Rio 2016 gold medal with Team GB’s hockey team, is aiming to get 10,000 children involved in the sport in ... More

Dame Katherine Grainger, the incoming chair of UK Sport, has dismissed calls to review the quango’s ‘no compromise’ approach despite 11 sports claiming that the ... More

Jennie Price, the chief executive of Sport England, has been recognised in the Queen’s birthday honours list. Price, who has been with the grassroots sports ... More

Technogym has been appointed the official fitness equipment supplier for the Gold Coast 2018 (GC2018) Commonwealth Games in Australia. The supplier will equip all the ... More

British Triathlon Federation chief executive Jack Buckner is moving on to become CEO of British Swimming. Buckner will replace retiring chief executive David Sparkes in ... More

“Isolated” incidents of alleged bullying and duty of care failures within some Olympic sports are not a consequence of an “obsession” with winning medals, according ... More

Paralympic gold medallist Anne Usher has been elected to the board of the Sport and Recreation Alliance. Usher won her gold in the Rio 2016 ... More

UK Sport has decided against funding wheelchair tennis’ world-class programme ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games, despite the Rio 2016 team bringing home six medals ... More

Seven national governing bodies will take a share of £27.1m (US$33.9m, €31.4m) after Sport England revealed its last batch of funding awards. The Rugby Football ... More