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The Government will provide up to £10 million worth of funding to help stage the Yorkshire Grand Depart of the 2014 Tour de France.

Some of Britain's Olympic and Paralympic stars tell us about how they're trying to get the next generation inspired by sport.

Athletes from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games have made thousands of appearances in schools and communities.

The Grand Final is part of UK Sport's £27million National Lottery funded Gold Event Series.

This week 15 athletes have been selected for the GB Taekwondo Academy.

UK Sport has today (3 July) announced the appointment of Mark Hanson as Deputy Chair of the UK Sport Board.

UK Sport has launched a recruitment drive for the next chapter of its highly valued International Leadership Programme (ILP).

An extra £443,200 to be invested in Britain's winter sports while Britain's summer sports reveal ambitious targets for 2013.

The British Judo Association announces that Glasgow has been selected as the host city for the 2015 European Judo Championships.

Olympic gold medallist, Jade Jones, has welcomed a major new global taekwondo event coming to Britain at the end of this year.

Steve Cram MBE is to step-down as Chairman of the EIS after more than 10 years as the head of the organisation.

This weekend (22-23 June) four major sporting events will get underway across the country as part of UK Sport's Gold Event Series.

Today, the Japan Sport Council and UK Sport signed a Memorandum of Understanding to reinforce their commitment to work together.

British Wheelchair Basketball has won the bid to host the 2015 European Wheelchair Basketball Championships.

Just 16 female and 26 male athletes remain on UK Sport's Talent ID initiative Fighting Chance: Battle4Brazil.

Carr has underlined importance of increasing the number of female, and disability and disabled coaches, in high-performance sport.

A highly influential group of global leaders & practitioners in sport for development will join forces.

A blog from UK Sport's Director of Major Events and International Relations, Simon Morton.

The Global Sports Impact Project is a study by Sportcal which has analysed over 700 major sporting events between 2008-2019.

Future Paralympic stars will have the chance to be fast-tracked on the road to Rio 2016 thanks to an exciting new initiative.

British Cycling today confirmed that a round of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup is coming to the UK.

Last week saw the start of the journey of the first ten coaches selected to UK Sport's ground breaking new 'Elite Programme'

Rod Carr CBE, has been announced as the new Chairman of UK Sport.

Andrew Mitchell will join the Board of the newly merged charity International Inspiration: International Development through Sport.

Some of the world's best athletes will compete in Birmingham on Saturday 29 June at the city's Alexander Stadium.

A UK delegation travelled to the Seychelles to meet with a committee to deliver their recommendations.

10 of the UK's top coaches have been chosen to be part of the inaugural intake of UK Sport's World Class Coaching: Elite Programme.

LOCOG yesterday announced that it would be handing over the operations of its customer database.

Around 100 of the UK's most promising martial artists put their skills to the test this weekend at Phase One of Fighting Chance.

Former kickboxing world champion & Fighting Chance graduate Damon Sansum claimed his first title of 2013 at the Trelloborg Open.

UK Sport Chair Baroness Sue Campbell has been named on the BBC Radio Four Woman's Hour Power List 2013.

Mission 2014 set to put Britain on the winter sport map.

Diving's elite will return to the UK in April for the FINA/Midea Diving World Series.

The first round of the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup will come to Manchester this April.

UK Sport has today announced the outcomes of their Board meeting earlier this week.

This year will be picking up the baton from 2012, with world class events coming to cities across the UK in 2013.

The road to Rio could start soon for over 450 hopefuls who have signed up to the search for future Olympic taekwondo stars.

Mission 2012 recognised as an 'Inspiration for Government'.

A new education programme aimed at enhancing the knowledge&skills of those working with elite developing athletes has been launched.

UK Sport has today announced the fourth intake of emerging high performance coaches.