The new £42m Moorways Sports Village will open its doors to the public on Saturday 21 May. The community-focused development is the result of a partnership between Derby City Council and Everyone Active – which will run the facility and the adjacent Moorways Stadium with its outdoor athletics track and football pitches.

Everyone Active will open Moorways Sports Village to the public on Saturday 21 May with a grand opening weekend – in time for the half term holidays.

Latin America’s health club industry is robust, according to IHRSA’s Latin American Report. Kristen Walsh provides valuable data on the region’s flourishing market conditions

The leading trade show for fitness, wellness and health returns for another year

A new report from IHRSA gives valuable data on the Latin American fitness market, showing a robust industry made up of 65,000 clubs

We look ahead to trade show FIBO and the European Health and Fitness Forum, which take place in Cologne in April

Grange Leisure Centre, in Stratton St Margaret, Swindon, has completed the final phase of its £800,000 redevelopment as it continues to increase capacity and replace ageing facilities.

An 8m euro swimming pool and leisure centre has opened in Loughlinstown, Dublin with facilities to meet the needs of users with disabilities.

Madonna - in partnership with her manager Guy Oseary and Mark Mastrov, chair of New Evolution Ventures (NeV) - has launched her second Hard Candy Fitness centre in Moscow.

US-based health club operator Crunch will open the doors to its newest location in El Cajon, California, US in July 2011.

Pendle Wavelengths leisure centre in Nelson, Lancashire, has launched the country's first 'Roc It Spin' class, a circuit-based fitness programme.

Linzenich Fitnessgruppe, the German health club operator, opened its 11th site in the city of Cologne on 1 April.

Rossendale Leisure Trust has invested in a new strength circuit at Haslingden Sports Centre in a move to target new markets.

The MAC Bebekoy club, owned by the Mars Entertainment Group, has opened in Istanbul.

A new reception area which has been unveiled at Bell's Sports Centre in Perth, Scotland, is the latest in a string of improvements completed at the site recently.

Mi Gym, a new independent health club on Kite Beach Cabarete in the Dominican Republic, had its grand opening on 1 December 2008.

Central YMCA Club, in London, is being re-launched following a six-month £2.6m redevelopment programme designed to increase the club's membership base.

The National Lottery's Awards for All fund has granted £10,000 to three inclusive fitness clubs run at Carlisle's Sands Centre which will secure the sessions for the next two years.

Sheffield International Venues (SIV) has invested £35,000 into providing specialist fitness equipment for people with disabilities at Concord Sports Centre in Sheffield.

Fitness company PTE will be bringing the new Roc-It line of interval training equipment from Hoist® to the UK this summer.

Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust has relaunched Hindley Pool as a centre providing specialist facilities for swimmers with disabilities.

Kidsport has opened a gym for families at its children’s fitness and play centre in Watford.