wheelchair basketball news
15 Jun 2024
More than 200 organisations and athletes in the UK have signed an open letter to
23 Feb 2023
The government’s energy relief for swimming pools, leisure centres and gyms is scheduled to end
09 Jun 2019
A number of sportspeople have been recognised for their work in this year's Queen's Birthday
09 Apr 2019
Compliance with DDA (Disability Discrimination Act 2005) regulations does not always make a sports facility
11 Mar 2019
Establishing a professional domestic league is cited as being of critical importance to the success
01 Nov 2018
National governing body British Wheelchair Basketball (BWB) has named Professor Philip Wilson its new chair.
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal
14 Sep 2018
An inclusive multi-sports centre has opened at the St Andrew’s School in Pangbourne, Berkshire. Developed
20 Dec 2017
More women and independent voices in the boardroom have seen 55 of the UK’s national
01 Dec 2017
The first permanent venue built for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo has
22 Nov 2017
The value of Olympic and Paralympic sports to the UK now stands at £19bn (€21.42bn,
14 Jul 2017
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded the National Paralympic Heritage Trust £1m (US$1.3m, €1.1m)
23 Feb 2017
Flooring specialist Gerflor’s acquisition of US-based Connor Sport Court International in November 2014 has played
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
13 Sep 2016
The architect behind the Rio 2016 Olympic Park masterplan has encouraged the organisers of the
04 May 2016
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has followed up on a viral video exchange between the
22 Jan 2016
The 21 events funded by National Lottery income through UK Sport in 2015 contributed £21m
19 Jan 2016
Rio 2016 organisers have unveiled the 16,000-capacity basketball venue for the Games which forms part
17 Apr 2015
Saudi Arabian football club Al-Hilal and UNESCO have joined forces to promote social inclusion through
07 Mar 2014
A new paralympic-style sporting event will see more than 300 wounded, injured and sick servicemen
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
10 Sep 2013
An advert for beer brand Guinness, depicting a group of friends playing wheelchair basketball, has
04 Sep 2013
Sunday 19th August saw the Downs Leisure Centre in Seaford played host to the third
28 May 2013
According to new figures more disabled people in Wales are taking part in sport than
05 Apr 2013
Aquaterra was delighted and honoured to welcome special guests Catherine West, Leader of Islington Council,
17 Dec 2012
Sport England has today (17 December) revealed the details of its £493m, four-year investment cycle
05 Jul 2012
Sports ball manufacturer Molten is to renew its sponsorship of Basketball Ireland commencing in September
04 May 2012
1,000 talented young sportsmen and women from across the South of England are set to
03 Feb 2012
World heptathlon silver medallist Jessica Ennis has officially opened a new-look gym at the English
20 Oct 2011
London mayor Boris Johnson has announced plans to more than quadruple the number of wheelchair
14 Jul 2011
Grassroots sports projects across London are to benefit from more than £12m worth of investment
04 Apr 2011
To mark '500 days' until the beginning of the 'London 2012 Olympics', the GLL Sport
01 Jun 2010
Flooring company Mondo is to be a Tier Three supplier to London 2012, becoming the
05 May 2010
Lincolnshire Sports Partnership, NHS Lincolnshire and Active Nation have been working with the Inclusive Fitness
06 Apr 2010
Over 800 young athletes from across London and the South East have been awarded financial
26 Mar 2010
Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) has awarded financial and training grants worth £400,000 to young athletes.
17 Mar 2010
Young people will be given the opportunity to take part in Olympic and Paralympic sports
17 Mar 2010
An assessment day has been held in Plymouth, Devon, to give aspiring young Paralympians the
18 Feb 2010
London's Olympic organisers have been given the green light by Greenwich Council to use the
13 Jan 2010
Loughborough University has taken possession of SportPark, a bespoke sports administration hub which will host
23 Oct 2009
Preparatory work has got underway on a new 12,000-seat arena at the Olympic Park in
17 Jun 2009
Scottish sporting groups are to benefit from a cash injection from the Big Lottery Fund
19 Mar 2009
Designs for the new London 2012 basketball arena, which is to be the third largest
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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
bespoke training space for its new club at The Whiteley
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Find out how your gym can tap into the corporate wellness boom
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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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SnowDome Fitness has added 50 per cent more space with cutting-edge Technogym solutions
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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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The industry is embracing consumer-facing tech. Now it’s time to
streamline back-of-house systems with Orbit4, says Daniel Jones
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New launch, Salus House, elevates boutique wellness with
high service levels and a partnership with Technogym
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Jamie Clements
The Breath Coach“I experienced a blissful feeling of joy I hadn’t felt since I was a kid”
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With corporately-owned clubs,
franchise networks, investments
and proprietary tech, Viva Leisure’s
ecosystem is redefining how
gyms scale and generate revenue.
Its CEO speaks to Kate Cracknell
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Deena Gillan
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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