five-a-side football news
01 Jan 2026
Woolwich Waves leisure centre opened its doors on 1 January 2026, replacing the former Waterfront
30 Dec 2025
Lucknam Park Hotel and Spa, Emblems Collection, close to Bath in the UK, has relaunched
10 Jun 2025
Sport England has confirmed that Simon Hayes will take over from Tim Hollingsworth as CEO.
06 Jul 2022
Virgin Active and Myrtha Wellness have joined forces to open a health club and wellness
09 Jul 2021
The new Britannia Leisure Centre in Hackney, London, has opened its doors to the public.
05 Mar 2020
A national five-a-side football festival aims to use this summer's UEFA Euro 2020 tournament as
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
04 Jan 2019
The £26m Dover District Leisure Centre is set to open its doors on February 2019.
17 Oct 2018
Five-a-side football centre operator Powerleague will begin restructuring its business after the firm's creditors accepted
20 Nov 2017
The University of Warwick is building a £49m (US$64.6m, €54.9m) sports and wellness hub in
11 Oct 2017
Social enterprise Places for People Leisure has been awarded a 12-year management contract for the
12 Sep 2017
Construction of a £26m leisure centre in Dover, Kent, has been given the go ahead,
10 Jan 2017
BAM Construction has been chosen as the preferred building contractor to work on the pre-construction
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
09 Dec 2016
Development of a £23.5million leisure centre in Clydebank, Scotland is set to be completed early
07 Dec 2016
Proposals to knock down a leisure centre and build a new facility as part of
29 Nov 2016
Operator Powerleague is aiming to “change the face of five-a-side football” after kicking off a
24 Nov 2016
Dover District Council has finalised its team to deliver a £26m leisure centre in the
09 Sep 2016
Woodford Leisure Centre in Hull, East Yorkshire is to undergo an 18-month, £6m redevelopment which
12 Aug 2016
Everyone Active has won the tender to continue running leisure centres in the London Borough
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
05 Aug 2016
British five-a-side football operator Powerleague has established its second facility in the Netherlands as it
27 May 2016
Goals Soccer Centres – the five-a-side football operator – has hired the former boss of
10 Dec 2015
Sports Direct share have fallen by 13 per cent this morning, as roughly £500m was
18 Nov 2015
Business secretary Sajid Javid has called on companies in the private sector to play a
17 Nov 2015
Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley has widened his burgeoning leisure portfolio by taking a 4.94
26 Oct 2015
The £11m Tadworth Leisure & Community Centre has officially opened in Surrey, superseding the nearby
20 Aug 2015
Accidents are more likely to happen in the sports hall of a leisure centre than
20 Aug 2015
Everyone Active is to invest £500,000 into a football stadium complex as part of a
27 Mar 2015
A new outdoor training facility in the heart of London’s Shoreditch is offering functional training
27 Jan 2015
The Italian Santavenere Hotel has announced the launch of its new Le Terme Spa, a
09 Jan 2015
A new energy-efficient LED lighting system from Barclay LED Solutions has been installed at a
26 Jun 2014
After many months of planning, work has begun on a new multi-million pound leisure community
14 Mar 2014
Five-a-side football operator Goals Soccer Centres has announced plans to open new sites in the
05 Feb 2014
High performance sports agency UK Sport has revealed details of its Annual Investment Review, with
05 Aug 2013
ETC Sports Surfaces has transformed a muddy Essex car park into a new multi-use games
24 May 2013
East Riding College in Bridlington, East Yorkshire will soon be benefiting from a £220,000 (US$332,200,
22 May 2013
Cambridge United Football Club has been left "flabbergasted", after its application to build a new
08 Apr 2013
Langport has welcomed the official opening of a new £130,000 mixed-use games area (MUGA) -
24 Jan 2013
The first phase of a £24m redevelopment of Waltham Forest's leisure centres has been unveiled
09 Oct 2012
More than 100,000 visitors attended the opening weekend of Glasgow's new Emirates Arena. The sports
04 Oct 2012
Kidderminster could be in line for a £10m leisure centre, according to plans released by
01 Oct 2012
The newly named Emirates Arena in Scotland will open its doors on Friday following the
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Third Space partnered with IndigoFitness to deliver a
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Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
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Greg Bradley looks at the shift towards strength training in gyms and advises on how operators can create the ultimate training environment
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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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EGYM has opened a new HQ in Paternoster Square,
London and revealed a range of new launches
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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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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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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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If the health service is to
survive, we must recognise
that it is a disease service
– and that wellbeing rests with
us, says the activity advocate
and healthy ageing champion.
He talks to Kate Cracknell
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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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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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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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Founder, SP&Co Group“Working in public health over the last few years has lit up parts of my brain again”
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Strength training is evolving,
driven by changing consumer
preferences. Julie Cramer talks
to innovators about how their
products are meeting this demand
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Designing multi-functional
spaces can lead to
fewer bottlenecks at
peak times. Julie Cramer
investigates the latest kit
and inspiring installations
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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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