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Liverpool Football Club (LFC) has opened a first-stage public consultation exercise on the proposed expansion of the iconic Anfield Road Stand. The plans include increasing the capacity of the stand by around 7,000 seats, which would expand overall capacity at Anfield stadium to 61,000 – making it the third
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The UK's first ever NFL Academy training site has opened its doors in north London. The New River Sport & Fitness in Wood Green will serve as the official on-field training site for the NFL Academy and is managed by leisure operator Fusion Lifestyle The academy has been set up to give aspiring young American
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The English Premier League (EPL) is, again, looking for a new chief executive after the incoming David Pemsel resigned from the role before taking it up. Pemsel, the CEO of of Guardian Media Group, was named Premier League CEO in October and was supposed to take the helm of the world's most-watched football
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Construction of Japan's New National Stadium, which was designed by Kengo Kuma and will be the centrepiece of next year's Olympic Games, has been completed. The stadium will host the opening and closing ceremonies of the Games, as well as sporting events for their duration. Covering an area of 72,400sq m
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UK Athletics has launched an independent review of its handling of the relationship it had with the high-profile Nike Oregon Project (NOP) and its coach Alberto Salazar. NOP was created by the sportswear company Nike in 2001 to promote American long-distance running. Focused on elite coaching, the NOP attracted
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Physical exercise can improve the health of blood vessels in the heart for people with heart failure. The finding, by a research team at University of Missouri, could offer an alternative to the most common treatment – bed rest – prescribed by physicians to those with heart failure. "People with heart
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Hufft have created a community fitness centre in Humboldt, Kansas, that reflects the US city's industrial roots through a bold design and considered, high-quality materials. The 10,000sq ft (930sq m) facility was originally conceived as an amenity for the workforce of a local business, but the concept was
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The main political parties need to "discuss prevention in the same breath as they discuss funding the NHS", according to Jack Shakespeare, director of children, young people, families and research at ukactive. Responding to the major political parties publishing their manifestos over the past week – ahead of
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City Football Group (CFG), owner of Manchester City FC and a host of other clubs around the world, has secured a major investment deal with US-based tech investment giant Silver Lake. Silver Lake has signed a definitive agreement to make a US$500m equity investment, equivalent to around 10 per cent of the
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Zara Hyde Peters will not take up her role as the next chief executive of UK Athletics as planned. The former international long-distance runner and British Triathlon chief was due to start work as UK Athletics CEO in December, but wide-spread press reports regarding a "safeguarding issue" have now put stop to
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Nearly half (46 per cent) of the Irish population – around 1.78 million people – currently participate in sport at least once a week. The figure comes from the Irish Sports Monitor (ISM) 2019 Mid-Year Report published by Sport Ireland and marks a 3 per cent increase in the number of people playing sport
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the majority of adolescents worldwide are not sufficiently physically active, putting their current and future health at risk. A WHO-led study, published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health journal, shows that "urgent action" is needed to increase
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Construction of the planned new Sacramento Republic FC stadium, designed by HNTB, has moved a step closer with the approval by the city council of a $27m (€24m, £21m) loan to pay for infrastructure work around the site. The $300m (€271m, £232m), 20,000-capacity stadium will be located on a 31ac (13ha) site in the
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England Athletics is looking to expand its Funetics programme across schools and the physical activity sector by actively looking for new partners to deliver the scheme. Funetics has been created by England Athletics to help 4-11 year old children across the country to learn, develop and practice running,
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The Sport and Recreation Alliance and ukactive will host sport and physical activity hustings with the main political parties ahead of the December general election. To be held on Wednesday 4 December at the Kia Oval Cricket Ground, the invite-only debate will provide the sector with a chance to examine the
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A surge in investments made into the booming esports sector is now creating competition for traditional sports. The second annual Esports Survey, which surveyed more than 200 sports executives, showed that nearly all respondents (90 per cent) feel the growth of esports has already impacted traditional
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Huw Edwards, CEO of ukactive, has written to Boris Johnson, requesting that the Prime Minister's proposed business rate discount will be extended to gyms and leisure centres. Edwards wrote the letter following Johnson's speech at the CBI conference on 18 November, in which he unveiled a package of measures
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The new National Tennis Academy at Loughborough University has officially opened its doors to the next generation of talented British tennis players. Developed by the sport's national governing body, Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), the academy will deliver a professional-style, interdisciplinary training
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HOK and ERRE have designed a €220m (US$243m, £188m) arena for Valencia that will be used for music, arts, culture and sporting events. Designed for the client Licampa 1617, the facility will house a 1,200sq m (12,900sq ft) multipurpose room, a 1,300-capacity underground and multistorey car park and the
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Increased exercise levels can significantly reduce the chances of developing depression, even among people who are genetically predisposed to the condition. That is the key finding of a study published in the journal Depression and Anxiety, which showed that individuals who engaged in regular exercise each
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The designs for Everton Football Club's new £500m stadium have received a "huge vote of support" from members of the public, according to the club. The English Premier League club undertook a public consultation on the plans for the 52,000-capacity, which saw more than 43,000 respondents offer their feedback.
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Disability sports charity Activity Alliance has called on political parties to commit to giving disabled people "equal opportunities to live full and active lives". Publishing its own manifesto ahead of the 12 December General Election, the charity (previously known as the English Federation of Disability Sport)
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Singapore's Pomeroy Studio, Arup and national sporting body Sport Singapore have created a masterplan for an 89ha (220ac) sustainable sports and recreation destination around the site of the existing Singapore Sports Hub. Planned facilities at the Kallang Alive development include a football hub and a tennis
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German city Munich will host the 2022 European Championships following unanimous approval of its bid by the participating European sports federations. Held first time in 2018, the multi-sport event in Munich will see European Champions being declared in at least six sports – athletics, cycling, golf, gymnastics,
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Sport England has published an update on its digital strategy, in which the grassroots organisation offers insight into its handling of Spogo, a now defunct online resource which was meant to offer the public an easy way to find sporting opportunities. Spogo was marketed as the cornerstone of Sport England's
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