2016 Olympic Games news
16 Jan 2020
Chelsea Warr, the UK Sport performance director, has stepped down from her role to join
29 Nov 2019
UK Athletics has launched an independent review of its handling of the relationship it had
29 Jul 2019
A new marketing campaign has been launched to showcase the "best of British sport" around
14 Mar 2018
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has taken what it calls "concrete steps" to tackle gender
13 Mar 2018
The Kent-based operator of world-class cycling facilities and fitness services has undertaken a website and
07 Mar 2017
Julie Harrington – the woman responsible for running Wembley Stadium for the Football Association (FA)
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
27 Feb 2017
A report suggesting that the vast majority of the British public was not inspired by
22 Dec 2016
The success experienced by Team GB’s gymnastic squad at the Rio 2016 Olympics has contributed
05 Dec 2016
British Swimming has made changes to the way its National Centres operate in an attempt
11 Nov 2016
National Olympic Committees (NOCs) are in line to receive a funding boost from the International
08 Nov 2016
Fitness equipment giant Technogym has recorded double digit sales growth during Q3, driven largely by
01 Nov 2016
The average cost of a Team GB Olympic medal has been calculated at £4.29m (€4.75m,
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal
26 Oct 2016
E-commerce giant Alibaba has earmarked an eye-watering US$100m (£81.9m, €91.6m) for the development of rugby
25 Oct 2016
Samsung Electronics America and USA Basketball have a groundbreaking new series, Chasing the Dream, providing
24 Oct 2016
GB Taekwondo has received backing from UK Sport as it bids to host three major
27 Sep 2016
Max Whitlock, Amy Tinkler and Bryony Page are among the athletes invited to compete at
25 Aug 2016
Seven athletes supported by GLL (Greenwich Leisure Ltd) through its sports foundation came home from
04 Aug 2016
The economic impact of hosting the 2012 Olympics could hit £41bn (US$53.8bn, €48.5bn) for London,
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
07 Jul 2016
Officials have inaugurated Rio’s Olympic City Museum one month ahead of the opening ceremony for
05 May 2016
Infrastructure projects built for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio are being investigated for corruption
09 Mar 2016
Danish studio Henning Larsen Architects have been commissioned to create a special cultural pavilion in
16 Dec 2015
Rio de Janeiro’s hotly-anticipated Museau do Amanhã (Museum of Tomorrow) – designed by prize-winning Spanish
25 Nov 2015
Elite sport quango, UK Sport, will receive a 29 per cent increase in government funding
06 Oct 2015
The organising committee of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games is to make deep spending cuts
07 Aug 2015
The Rio de Janeiro water which athletes will be swimming and sailing in for the
04 Aug 2015
Fitness First has kicked off the countdown to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games by working
28 Apr 2015
India is “not ready” to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games, according to Thomas Bach,
09 Apr 2015
Online private rental portal Airbnb has struck a deal with Rio 2016 organisers which will
23 Mar 2015
Britain’s chances of fielding a team at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games look unlikely after
11 Mar 2015
Britain’s best canoe sprint athletes now have world-class facilities to train in after Sports Minister
15 Oct 2014
A new research collaboration between University of Bath and the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)
23 Sep 2014
The Rio 2016 Olympic Games Organising Committee has named US-based Dow Chemical Company as its
08 Sep 2014
The first ever Olympic Games to take place in South America will see all athletic
04 Sep 2014
This year’s FIFA World Cup has not had the desired effect on host nation Brazil’s
11 Aug 2014
Latin America is poised to become a major market for the attractions industry in the
24 Jun 2014
A warm up event for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games has been postponed by four
11 Jun 2014
Fitness First has secured a new tie-up with the British Olympic Association (BOA) to become
29 Apr 2014
Preparations for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games are the "worst ever seen", according to International
22 Apr 2014
The House of Lords Committee on Soft Power has highlighted the role sport plays in
06 Nov 2013
Fears about disorder and disruption at next year’s football World Cup in Brazil have been
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David Lloyd is stepping up its commitment to women’s health as it continues to explore what fit-for-purpose looks like for the female population
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Collaborations with the medical profession and greater aspirations around wellbeing are creating a need for more experts in our sector. It’s time to reboot our thinking around the workforce
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Strength training is evolving,
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Small improvements to sleep, diet and physical activity have major benefits for the heart, according to new research from the University of Sydney
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For every member with a tripod and a big following, there are others irritated at the way equipment is being hogged or wary they’ll be in the background on someone’s Insta feed. Do influencers offer valuable, free marketing or are they just a nuisance? Kath Hudson finds out how operators are responding
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us, says the activity advocate
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As the entrepreneur who started Wexer, Fresh Fitness, Fitness DK and Repeat, as well as being a former elite athlete, Rasmus Ingerslev’s life looked perfect from the outside, but onthe inside it was a different story. He talks to Kath Hudson about healing old wounds
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Julie Cramer highlights
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Record market penetration in the UK
fitness sector masks a deeper shift
around consumer engagement, according
to a report from Grant Thornton and
UK Active, as Liz Terry reports
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