London 2012 Olympic Games news
09 Aug 2021
The Labour Party has accused the Conservatives of slashing grassroots sport funding by nearly half
24 Feb 2020
Ireland's top attraction, the Guinness Storehouse, is to come under new leadership from April, with
11 Nov 2019
Sport England has published an update on its digital strategy, in which the grassroots organisation
18 Feb 2019
Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) has named professor Rob Copeland as the first director of the
17 Oct 2018
A specialised gymnastics facility has opened at the Elmbridge Xcel Leisure Centre in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.
20 Sep 2018
Arsenal FC has promoted two of its directors to lead the club, following the surprise
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal
13 Mar 2018
GLL (Greenwich Leisure Limited), the UK’s largest charitable social enterprise leisure provider, has extended its
30 Oct 2017
Funding charity Spirit of 2012 has appointed Alan Coppin as chair. He replaces Dugald Mackie
09 May 2017
The Chinese ambassador to the UK has called on the British sport sector to help
01 Oct 2016
The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London has won the Rosa Barba International Landscape Prize;
04 Aug 2016
The coalition government “destroyed” the chance of creating a participation legacy following London 2012 after
01 Aug 2016
A facility encouraging local people to participate in rowing has been made out of two
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
10 May 2016
Ann-Louise Morgan – the equality-championing Boat Race executive – has been hired by the Commonwealth
14 Apr 2016
International basketball star and head coach of the England under 18 Men’s Basketball Team, Karl
22 Mar 2016
The legacy of the London 2012 Olympic Games was “done down” because sport participation figures
24 Nov 2015
Olympic star Tom Daley has unveiled the Tom Daley Diving Academy at Manchester Aquatic Centre
04 Aug 2015
A public consultation has been launched to mark the start of a new strategy for
30 Jul 2015
The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, home of the London 2012 Olympic Games, has confirmed plans
Celebrating its milestone fifth anniversary, W3Fit EMEA returns in 2026 with an unmissable gathering of
Eleven Arches brings in Olympic choreographer Steve Boyd to head up training academy in debut season
10 Jun 2015
As part of plans to bring a £27m (US$41.4m, €36.7m) Puy Du Fou attraction to
11 Mar 2015
Britain’s best canoe sprint athletes now have world-class facilities to train in after Sports Minister
20 Nov 2014
The fifth annual Spa Life UK event took place on 18-19 November at Center Parcs
13 Oct 2014
The shortlist for the Riba Stirling Prize – the UK’s most prestigious architectural award –
09 Oct 2014
The fifth annual Spa Life UK event will take place on 18-19 November at Center
16 Sep 2014
Merlin Entertainments has announced a new commercial partnership with Coca-Cola, which will see the beverage
11 Sep 2014
Australian developer Westfield has gained momentum for its long-running plans of a £1bn (US$1.6bn, €1.2bn)
03 Sep 2014
Double Olympic swimmer Kate Haywood has swapped the famous rings for REPs by embarking on
11 Aug 2014
Latin America is poised to become a major market for the attractions industry in the
29 Jul 2014
Coventry City Football Club could return to the Ricoh Arena next season, even if the
23 Jul 2014
With the Commonwealth Games set to kick off this evening (23 July) through a much-anticipated
16 Apr 2014
Olympic medallist Tom Daley has teamed up with leisure centre and pool operator GLL as
26 Feb 2014
A £45m leisure-based regeneration scheme in Torbay is gaining momentum, with local council and the
13 Dec 2013
There has been no change in the number of people playing sport regularly since the
18 Nov 2013
The UK government needs to provide clear, strong leadership and appoint a minister with responsibility
06 Nov 2013
Councillors in Scarborough have approved proposals for a multi-million pound leisure village, which will include
18 Oct 2013
Altro Flooring has reused thousands of metres of its XpressLay floor, used during the London
31 Jul 2013
The UK government has delivered more than 80 Olympic Truce events around the world as
29 Jul 2013
London has been chosen to host the 2016 European Swimming Championships while Azerbaijani capital Baku
26 Jul 2013
Sports clubs in the UK have seen membership levels and income increase by an average
15 Jul 2013
Visits from overseas tourists to London have hit record numbers, according to the latest International
05 Jul 2013
The Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) has announced details of funding for all
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Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
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Third Space partnered with IndigoFitness to deliver a
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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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former athlete, Greg Bradley, tells us what it takes
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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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The Breath Coach“I experienced a blissful feeling of joy I hadn’t felt since I was a kid”
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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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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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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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UK market penetration has risen to 18 per cent – one of the highest
globally, yet with 100 per cent of people seeing benefits when they
exercise, how high could it go? Kath Hudson asks the experts…
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