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According to new research from Ernst & Young, the gap between female and male engagement in sport and physical activity is narrowing, with Gen Z ... More

Major spectator sports in England will receive a combined £300m emergency cash injection to protect their immediate futures over the winter period. The Sports Winter ... More

The UK government has begun stepping up its plans for the return of sport, according to culture secretary Oliver Dowden. Dowden revealed that the DCMS ... More

Leisure centres and stadiums are being transformed into emergency hospital wards in Wales, as part of measures to tackle the unprecedented challenges placed on the ... More

New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has formed a partnership with Oceania Rugby, which will see both organisations work together to deliver rugby programmes in the Pacific ... More

Representatives of Fédération Française de Rugby (FFR) are set to meet international governing body World Rugby over safety concerns following a spate of fatalities linked ... More

Premiership Rugby has confirmed it has sold a minority holding to private equity and investment advisory firm CVC Capital Partners. CVC is understood to now ... More

The number of spectators attending women's elite sports events in the UK is set to break the half-million barrier for the first time in 2018. ... More

A host of business leaders from the world of sport have been recognised alongside winners from the field in the New Year Honours list 2018. ... More

The RFU and Sport England will invest £10m to get 100,000 more women and girls playing rugby over the next four years, it has been ... More

Work is underway to transform Headingley into a stadium for the future, after Legal & General was revealed as the investor behind the £40m (US$52.6m, ... More

Sale Sharks winger Denny Solomona has urged fellow players, coaches and clubs to reach out to young people from minority groups and encourage more into ... More

Rugby will touch the lives of thousands of young people from under-represented communities, as part of an ambitious new project from Premiership Rugby and England ... More

Professional clubs playing in the second tier of English rugby have signed up to a grassroots rugby development programme which will see a selection of ... More

The governing body for South African rugby union has lodged an official bid to host the 2023 World Cup after a ban on hosting international ... More

Newcastle will land a £17.4m (US$21.8m, €20.4m) windfall after being selected to host three European rugby union finals in May. St James’ Park, the home ... More

The soon-to-be-built 60,000-capacity Perth Stadium could be the centre point for a Commonwealth Games bid after the Western Australian city threw its hat into the ... More

The Sport and Recreation Alliance and the British Cycling Federation are among the sporting bodies that the Queen will resign her patronage to going into ... More

Just under 70m tickets were sold for UK-based sporting events in 2016, according to a study compiled by Deloitte. The majority of the 69.8m tickets ... More

The government of New South Wales (NSW) in Australia has unveiled its chosen design for a new 30,000-seat stadium in Parramatta, which it says will ... More

Newcastle is launching an ambitious bid to host two major rugby union finals in a month during May 2018. The European Rugby Champions Cup final ... More

The decline of American football as a spectator and participation sport in the US can open the door for rugby to become a major pastime ... More

Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) has ploughed almost half of its 2016 revenue into the development of the game – with money going towards grassroots projects ... More

Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh Rugby may be sold by rugby’s governing body in Scotland to raise money for the grassroots game. Scottish Rugby will ask ... More