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20 Jun 2025
The UK's Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has announced £900 million for major
06 Oct 2020
The UK and Scottish governments should classify gyms, health clubs, swimming pools and leisure centres
18 Oct 2018
US billionaire Shahid Khan has withdrawn his bid to buy Wembley, English football's national stadium.
08 Aug 2017
Online booking platform My Local Pitch has launched an iOS app. The app is designed
30 Nov 2016
A Labour MP has proposed that professional English football clubs should discount ticket prices for
10 Oct 2016
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) is planning to develop an artificial grass pitch in Liverpool
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
19 Sep 2016
Around £15m (US$19.6m, €17.5m) of government funding will go towards the development of cycling facilities
30 Aug 2016
The Football Association (FA) is awaiting the green light to build grassroots football hubs in
31 May 2016
Tottenham Hotspur FC has secured an option to play its home league and cup games
11 May 2016
The Football Association (FA) will lose all its government funding if it fails to undertake
21 Apr 2016
Funding from the Premier League and Football Association (FA) backed Football Foundation has helped to
05 Apr 2016
The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) is gearing up to launch a “bigger and bolder” facilities
Celebrating its milestone fifth anniversary, W3Fit EMEA returns in 2026 with an unmissable gathering of
24 Mar 2016
The government hopes to encourage private sector investment in grassroots sport by exploring the possibility
15 Mar 2016
More than 2,000 grass pitches across the country will be improved as a result of
24 Feb 2016
Populous – the architects behind the London 2012 Olympic Stadium – are consulting on the
26 Jan 2016
Grassroots facilities have benefited from £47m (US$67m, €61.8m) worth of grants in 2015 according to
19 Jan 2016
The Football Association (FA) has requested pitch information from its affiliated clubs to discover areas
04 Jan 2016
The Premier League and Football Association (FA) ploughed £14m (US$20.7m, €19m) into the upgrade of
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
03 Dec 2015
The government and Football Association (FA) should work together to impose a levy on agents’
25 Nov 2015
The Football Association (FA) has inked a 10-year deal with leisure and fitness provider Pulse
12 Oct 2015
The Football Association (FA) has secured a refinancing deal for Wembley Stadium, which could result
09 Sep 2015
Football Association (FA) chief executive Martin Glenn has renewed the FA’s pledge to increase spending
05 Jun 2015
The new sports minister, Tracey Crouch, has called on the English Premier League (EPL) to
27 Mar 2015
Following criticisms that the new £5.14bn TV deal recently secured for rights to air the
11 Feb 2015
A number of politicians and former players have called for the English Premier League (EPL)
06 Feb 2015
A total of 80 grassroots football facilities in England will benefit from £17.7m worth of
17 Mar 2014
The poor state of grass playing pitches is having a negative effect on grassroots football
18 Oct 2012
More than 165 playing fields will be created across the UK as Sport England rolls
01 Nov 2011
Gary Hoffman has been named as the new independent non-executive chair of the Football Foundation,
02 Aug 2011
The Chilean Prime Minister, Sebastián Piñera has announced plans to construct 150 grassroots football facilities
17 Nov 2010
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has reported pre-tax profits of £1.9m for the 12 months
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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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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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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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He talks to Kate Cracknell
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Stephen Price
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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The Breath Coach“I experienced a blissful feeling of joy I hadn’t felt since I was a kid”
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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,
driven by changing consumer
preferences. Julie Cramer talks
to innovators about how their
products are meeting this demand
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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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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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Consolidation, specialisation and shifting consumer behaviours
are reshaping the sector, say Deloitte and EuropeActive
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Chair of UK Active’s Independent Council and GM at 3-1-5“There are so many dedicated people in the independent sector – they work hard because they’re passionate about changing lives”
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