The number of people participating in sport at least once a week has maintained numbers of over 15 million, according to Sport England, although the figures have fallen by 200,000 from October’s figures. read more
This week marks the 10th anniversary of the first ever Twenty20 matches, and to celebrate the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) are asking fans to vote for the best XI of players to have played in the domestic competition, now known as the Friends Life t20. read more
Singapore and Wales have launched bids to stage the Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament in 2018. The Welsh Rugby Union’s early bid would see the Millennium Stadium stage the event, with some matches to be played at the nearby Cardiff City Stadium. The event hasn’t been staged in Britain since 1993 when it was staged in Scotland. read more
The United States Olympic Committee has confirmed that it is considering making a bid for the 2024 Olympic Games, with over 10 American cities currently under review. read more
The president of British Cycling, Brian Cookson, has announced he will stand to be the new president of the International Cycling Union (UCI), challenging Pat McQuaid for the role. Cookson claimed he wanted to restore credibility to the sport, which has been tarnished by a range of doping scandals in recent years. read more
The London Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games has announced a £30 million surplus in its final set of accounts, giving the British Olympic Association an unexpected £5.3 million windfall. read more
The Rugby Football Union has today announced an expansion of its O2 Touch initiative after signing new partnerships with In2Touch and the England Touch Association. read more
The IOC has announced the shortlist for the final space on the 2020 Olympic Games agenda, with wrestling, squash and baseball/softball all set to be considered for inclusion before a final decision at the body’s 125th session in Buenos Aires in September. read more
Former Olympic pole vault champion Sergey Bubka has announced he will enter the race to become the next president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). read more
The victors of the Europa League with a Champions League qualifying spot from 2015, in a bid to boost interest in Europe's secondary club tournament. read more
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has appointed the UK-based company, Opta, as its official data provider in a new two-year partnership. read more
Organisers of next year’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow have announced its ticketing strategy and competition schedule, with the structure designed to create a ‘Games for Everyone’. read more
The best of the best from the UK sport industry over the last year was rewarded at the BT Sport Industry Awards on Thursday evening, as those responsible for the greatest work of an historic 2012 were presented with the coveted trophies in front of 1,750 industry peers, media and celebrities. read more
Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, paid tribute to Lord Paul Deighton at the BT Sport Industry Awards 2013 on Thursday night, handing him one of the night’s most prestigious Awards in recognition of his work as Chief Executive of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG). read more
After a remarkable battle and one of the most groundbreaking journalistic endeavours in sport of all time, David Walsh was recognised with the prestigious Barclays Lifetime Achievement Award for his long-term fight to reveal Lance Armstrong as a drugs cheat at the BT Sport Industry Awards 2013 ceremony on Thursday, 2nd May read more
The groundbreaking achievements of Britain’s Paralympians, not only for sporting success but for raising awareness and support of the Paralympic movement to unprecedented levels, have been recognised with the Outstanding Contribution to British Sport Award, supported by the Jaguar Academy of Sport at the BT Sport Industry Awards 2013 ceremony on… read more
Joao Havelange has resigned as Honorary President of FIFA after he was found guilty of taking bribes, while his successor as head of football’s governing body, Sepp Blatter, was cleared of breaking any ethics rules – with his handling of the situation described as ‘clumsy’. read more
Cycling Ireland is reportedly reconsidering its nomination of Pat McQuaid to stand for a third term as head of the world governing body, the International Cycling Union (UCI). read more
The first race of the London 2012 Anniversary Games was over in little over an hour, as tickets for the first two days of this summer's athletics event sold out in just 75 minutes. read more
Security for this week’s London Marathon will be urgently reviewed today after two fatal explosions hit the end of the Boston Marathon. However, organisers added that the event will go ahead as scheduled. read more
Pat McQuaid has secured the nomination of Cycling Ireland to stand for a potential third term as president of the International Cycling Union (UCI), on the condition that an independent review of the system of internal controls and processes takes place, with any findings to be made public. read more
Goal-line technology will be introduced into the Barclays Premier League next season, which will see the division become the first major domestic football league to introduce the system, after club chairmen voted to approve its installation, with British-based Hawk-Eye awarded the contract for 21 stadiums. read more
Portsmouth Football Club is set to be taken over by the Pompey Supporters’ Trust after a late deal was struck with Portpin for the sale of Fratton Park, following 14 months in administration. read more
German-based goal-line technology manufacturer GoalControl has edged out British-based system Hawk-Eye after being named by FIFA for use in this year’s Confederations Cup in Brazil. Subject to performance, the system is now also likely to provide its technology at the 2014 World Cup in the same country. read more
Chris Furber has been announced as the new national performance director of British Swimming’s disability programme, following success as the lead coach of British Cycling’s Paralympic team at both Beijing 2008 and London 2012. read more
The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) has given its support to the Irish Rugby Football Union’s (IRFU) efforts to launch a bid to host the 2023 Rugby World Cup. read more
Former BBC director general Greg Dyke is set to take over from David Bernstein as chairman of the Football Association. read more
The Premier League has restated its opposition to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar being played in winter despite recent comments from senior figures in British football in support of the idea. read more
Leyton Orient chairman Barry Hearn has criticised the authorities involved in the Olympic Stadium tenancy decision and accused the process of being ‘fundamentally flawed.’ read more
According to the Mayor of London’s Olympic legacy advisor, London is set to make a bid to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games. read more
England Hockey has announced that its Give it a Go campaign will run once again this summer, in partnership with Join In UK. Sites across the country will run hockey taster sessions for young people and adults over a five week period that will replicate the programme of the summer of 2012. read more
Racing for Change, set up by a variety of stakeholders in British horse racing four years ago to unify and promote the sport, will now work under the name Great British Racing with a new, permanent mandate. read more
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