UK Sport
UK Sport eyes Women’s World Cup, no plans for Olympics or Commonwealth Games
London targeted for 2029 World Athletics Championships bid
Manchester to stage 2023 Para Swimming World Championships
World Cups eyed as UK Sport details 10-year events strategy
UK Olympic, Paralympic bodies pool media rights, plan OTT platform
UK Sport names Munday as new chief executive
UK Sport CEO to run for INF presidency
UK Sport plots ambitious plan to land Olympics again
UK Sport outlines major event masterplan
UK Sport details economic impact of London 2012 legacy
UK Sport targets more major events under bidding masterplan
UK Sport, the body that oversees the investment of public and National Lottery money into British Olympic and Paralympic sport, has unveiled plans to invest almost £30m (€32.6m/$38.8m) in an effort to maintain the country’s position as a world-leading host of major sporting events into the 2020s.
Rowing legend Grainger named new UK Sport chair
Liverpool confirmed as 2019 Netball World Cup host
The International Netball Federation (INF) has awarded the hosting rights for its 2019 World Cup to the English city of Liverpool.
UK Sport to launch consultation over funding model
UK Sport, the national high-performance sports agency, has announced the launch of its first public consultation to determine the future of its approach to funding elite sport – a subject that has been the cause of much controversy in recent months.
London 2012 venue to host Track Cycling World Cup round
British Cycling has announced that the velodrome used during London’s hosting of the 2012 summer Olympic Games will host the second round of the International Cycling Union’s (UCI) 2014-15 Track World Cup later this year.
Glasgow joins Sochi in World Figure Skating bid race
Glasgow has become the latest city to submit a bid to host the International Skating Union’s 2017 World Figure Skating Championships.
Weightlifting succeeds but basketball fails in UK Sport appeal
UK Sport, the national high-performance sports agency, has announced that weightlifting will have its funding as a ‘World Class Programme’ restored, but the withdrawal of money from six other sports, including basketball, remains in place.
UK Sport cuts elite-level funding of seven sports
UK Sport, the national high-performance sports agency, has withdrawn its financial support of seven sports, including basketball, following its annual investment review of summer Olympic and Paralympic sports.