News Date Title Netball World Cup inspires 160,000 women to take to the court 2 October 2019 Over 70% of clubs also say they have more people showing an interest in playing than before the tournament Sport England and UK Sport reveal plan to transform diversity of sports boards Date 19/09/2019 Women now account for 40% of board members across funded sports following launch of A Code for Sports Governance London to host Olympic boxing qualifier 16 September 2019 Event will be held at the Copper Box Arena on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in March 2020 Naomi Hicks to join UK Sport as Director of Communications and Partnerships 5 September 2019 Naomi Hicks to begin role at UK Sport at the end of October Campaign launched to celebrate one year until Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games 26 July 2019 ‘Sport is GREAT’ campaign launched to mark one year countdown to Tokyo 2020 Liz Nicholl CBE, CEO, UK Sport 5 July 2019 On her last day as UK Sport CEO, Liz Nicholl bids a fond farewell and heartfelt thanks. Further investment to support Beijing 2022 success confirmed Date 28/06/2019 Three sports receive an uplift in funding to support their preparations for Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Games Mental health education programme aims to support every athlete and promote positive mental health Date 13/05/2019 UK Sport and the EIS are aiming to promote positive mental health across the UK’s high performance system Five World Championships secured in boost to UK’s ‘spectacular decade of sport’ 8 May 2019 These events alone set to deliver an economic impact of £84m for host communities across the UK Sally Munday appointed new Chief Executive of UK Sport 7 May 2019 Sally Munday MBE has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of UK Sport 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Next >