Summer of sport news

This year's "summer of sport" has shown how the UK's sports infrastructure is capable of producing a plethora of events that attract fans from around ... More

As the 2017 sporting calendar draws to a close, an event impact study has measured the value to the UK of hosting the World Athletics ... More

Elite sports funding body UK Sport has left four Olympic sports – archery, badminton, fencing and weightlifting - without funding for the 2020 Games in ... More

A new online training programme has been set up to help Scotland’s hotels, visitor attractions, pubs and restaurants better cater for the requirements of people ... More

Record numbers of women and men in England are playing sport every week, according to Sport England's annual Active People Survey. Now in its sixth ... More

A £3m expansion and refurbishment of Kingswood Leisure Centre has resulted in 150% increase in the number of visitors since it opened last May. The ... More

John Oxley, Managing Director of Active Nation, has committed to trying 50 sports before turning 50 in April 2013, whilst inspiring and encouraging people to ... More

Now that the summer of sport is over, Anglia Community Leisure (ACL) is launching new initiatives to drive forward the legacy of the Olympics and ... More

Image: Stalker gave his keynote speech in Birmingham David Stalker, chief executive of the Fitness Industry Association (FIA) has called for the entire active leisure ... More

The basketball promotional event held at Jubilee Hall during the first two weeks in August was a huge success with thousands of fans of the ... More

Britain's greatest Paralympian is urging people to get into the spirit of a summer of sport - by signing up for the Redcar Half Marathon. ... More

Image: The summer campaign is targeted at all ages Health secretary Andrew Lansley has launched the new Games4Life campaign in order to encourage millions of ... More

Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced that sport is to receive £500m worth of extra funding over the next five years, according to the latest ... More

Cate Blanchett, Damon Albarn and David Hockney are among artists to feature as part of the first group of London 2012 Festival commissions. It is ... More

Revealing the most detailed financial breakdown of the Olympics to date, olympics minister, Tessa Jowell, yesterday maintained that the Games shouldn’t exceed £9.1bn. Although this ... More