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06 May 2020
Leaders of major English sports have told MPs that they are set to lose more
13 May 2019
The British Olympic Association (BOA) has appointed Andy Anson as its new CEO. Anson, a
03 May 2019
The UK's largest sports organisations have reinvested £142m of their broadcasting income into developing grassroots
11 Dec 2018
UK Sport and the English Institute of Sport (EIS) have made a number of appointments
27 Nov 2018
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has posted losses of £30.9m for 2017-18 – a year
16 Nov 2018
Steve Brown has announced he will step down as CEO of the Rugby Football Union
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13 Nov 2018
UK Sport chief executive Liz Nicholl has announced she will step down from the role
26 Jan 2018
England Rugby has teamed up with Virgin Active to create a training programme aimed at
20 Jan 2018
Grassroots sport in the UK has received a cash injection of £125m, as a result
19 Jan 2018
A StreetGames project in Wales has received a surprise royal assent after it was visited
14 Dec 2017
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has named Manchester-based firm Mather and Co to design its
07 Dec 2017
The Rugby Football Union has put nearly £100m (US$134.18m, €113.80m) back into the sport this
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06 Sep 2017
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has appointed Steve Brown as its new CEO, with the
22 May 2017
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has begun its search for a new chief executive after
31 Mar 2017
Diana Lewis, the performance pathway manager for England Netball, has been appointed as the national
10 Mar 2017
Alun Powell, the Rugby Football Union’s (RFU) head of regional academies, has been appointed as
01 Mar 2017
Ten teams have been selected to compete in the new Women’s Super Rugby competition, as
06 Feb 2017
Sport England has unveiled its latest tranche of national governing body (NGB) grants, distributing £101m
Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers confirming
17 Jan 2017
People in Aylesbury, Preston and Weston-super-Mare will be able to play rugby for £1 on
10 Jan 2017
Britvic and the Rugby Football Union have announced that Britvic will become the official soft
09 Jan 2017
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) will shake up its coaching development programme after hiring for
21 Dec 2016
The Sport and Recreation Alliance and the British Cycling Federation are among the sporting bodies
15 Dec 2016
Redevelopment works are set to take place on Twickenham’s East Stand after a proposal was
05 Dec 2016
Newcastle is launching an ambitious bid to host two major rugby union finals in a
02 Dec 2016
World Rugby will increase its spend on the grassroots game to £245.8m (US$309.5m, €291.1m) over
01 Dec 2016
Tracey Crouch, the minister for sport, has penned a letter to 40 national governing bodies
29 Nov 2016
The chief executive of the Sport and Recreation Alliance has urged the sector to guard
04 Nov 2016
Twenty-seven clubs and partners have been lined up by the Rugby Football Union (RFU) as
17 Oct 2016
Record revenues for the Rugby Football Union (RFU) contributed to a 5 per cent increase
10 Oct 2016
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) is planning to develop an artificial grass pitch in Liverpool
13 Sep 2016
Aylesbury, Preston and Weston-super-Mare are the first towns to benefit from floodlit artificial pitches under
12 Sep 2016
The organiser of the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England – Andy Cosslett – has
26 Jul 2016
Community rugby and the academies of professional rugby clubs will receive fresh investment following a
22 Jul 2016
Elite English female rugby players taking part in the 15-a-side game will be handed professional
21 Jul 2016
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has surpassed its target of 15,000 registered players for its
10 Jun 2016
Sport England has praised the governing bodies of rugby union, netball and cricket for their
08 Jun 2016
Increasing the number of women and girls participating in rugby and developing player pathways has
06 Jun 2016
Around 200 former England rugby players will participate in a “major scientific study” which will
01 Jun 2016
Twickenham – the home of English rugby – is embarking on a redevelopment plan which
12 May 2016
Bill Beaumont, the former England rugby international, has been officially appointed as the chair of
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