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UK Sport announces its first-ever Event Social Impact Partners for the LA cycle.

Hannah Cockcroft who won her ninth gold medal at a Games in the summer was made a CBE alongside ParalympicsGB, chef de mission Penny Briscoe.

UK Sport has revealed its greatest investment to date with £330m in Government and National Lottery funding set to benefit more than 50 sports.

UK Sport, the UK’s high performance sport agency, has confirmed its medal expectations for sports for the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

This exceptional award of National Lottery major event funding designed to cover a proportion of the projected deficit in hosting this year’s event.

UK Sport research published on International Women’s Day finds huge demand for more coverage of women’s sport.

This will be the first time that the European Athletics Championships will take place in the United Kingdom.

Tokyo success in the 800 metres a 'defining moment for next generation' of athletes.

UK Sport Chair looks ahead to the upcoming action and the extraordinary efforts of our athletes in making it to Tokyo.

The final episode of season 2 focuses on the recent launch of UK Sport's new strategic plan

To mark International Women's Day 2021, Katherine speaks to two trail blazing women in sport.

The first episode of 2021 features Katherine and two special guests from the Olympic and Paralympic system.

Summary of findings from the independent review into UK Athletics published.

UK Sport has today announced that it has commissioned an independent first stage review into UK Athletics.

More history made by Great Britain on the penultimate day of Rio 2016.

No host nation had ever topped their medal tally in the following away Games, until Team GB eclipsed London 2012 in Rio

Records tumbled and history was written during 15 days of British sporting glory in Rio de Janeiro

History was written by the GB women's hockey team and Nick Skelton added a shock gold to the medal table.

The Brownlee brothers and Jade Jones show their dominance by winning repeat gold medals on day 13

An all-time best result from Great Britian's women's hockey team means they will push back for gold

Great Britain eclipse their best ever away Games in Rio as Jason Kenny wins a phenomenal sixth Olympic gold

The best ever overseas medal haul eclipses the 47 medals won at Beijing 2008 with many more athletes still to compete.

Charlotte Dujardin strikes gold with a mesmorising display on Valegro and Mark Cavendish gets his first Olympic medal.

It rained medals on our best ever day at an away Olympics with history written in gymnastics, golf, tennis and cycling.

Inspirational Farah takes an emotional third Olympic gold as GB gather eight medals on day eight

Bradley Wiggins captures an unprecedented eighth Olympic medal as GB collects three golds and three silvers on day seven

Helen Glover has become a double Olympic champion after being fast-tracked to rowing by a pioneering talent ID campaign.

Heroics from Katherine Grainger and Vicky Thornley and fireworks in the velodrome light up day six.

On a day billed as ‘Wonderful Wednesday’, GB took six medals including two heroic golds and a historic gymnastics bronze

Siobhan-Marie O’Connor and the men’s 4x200m relay team, anchored by James Guy, delivered silver service in the pool.

Tom Daley and Dan Goodfellow dived to a dramatic bronze with shooter Ed Ling also on the podium.

UK Sport has appointed Chelsea Warr to drive the progress of Great Britain’s high performance system after Rio 2016.

UK Sport has announced targets of at least 48 Olympic and 121 Paralympic medals for British teams at Rio 2016

The National Lottery and ITV are asking the nation to get active by taking part in UK’s biggest ever sports day.

UK Sport's Director of Performance Simon Timson will join British Tennis as Performance Director from 1 November 2016.

Athletes are being encouraged to consider their careers after sport and prepare for life away from the field of play

National Lottery funded athletes give back over 17,000 days to inspiring a generation on Road to Rio

Liz Nicholl, CEO of UK Sport, has welcomed Sport England's new five-year strategy

London 2017 has confirmed two key appointments through to the delivery of the championships in 2017

EIS practitioners give over 4,500 each week to support athletes in four year Rio cycle

Nigel Walker, the National Director at the English Institute of Sport, discusses what makes a high performance athlete

It's another day in the office for GB's stars but there's no 9-to-5s here. See what it takes to stay ahead of the game.

Manchester will host equal prize money men's and women's 2017 World Squash Championships

London 2017 have announced a new co-Chair and four non-executive Directors to deliver the World Athletics Championships.

UK Sport announces third intake of the World Class Coaching: Elite Programme

English Institute of Sport (EIS) facilities receive upgrade

UK Sport CEO says "it’s an incredible time to be involved in British sport"

UK Sport announces 2015 performance targets, as UK celebrates Women’s Sport Week

UK Sport seek input into strategic direction beyond Rio 2016, to deliver maximum impact from investing in high performance sport.

Olympic bronze medallist Kelly Sotherton talks about life after retirement and why athletes need to be retained in elite sport.

A round-up of the action from eleventh and findal day of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games

London 2012 venue to host World Cup as part of Gold Event Series.

A round-up of the action from day six of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games

Day five of the Commonwealth Games saw the action get started in track and field.

All the home nation medallists from day one at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.

We speak to Barry Collie, National Coach of British Gymnastics men's junior team on their recent success.

UK Sport and Bupa announce partnership extension.

Jenny Jones wins Great Britain's first ever Olympic medal on snow at Sochi 2014.

We take a look at the sport of skeleton and explore their journey to Sochi 2014.

Twelve coaches have been inducted onto the latest UK Sport Elite Coaching Apprenticeship Programme (ECAP).

Brailsford and Grobler become UK Sport's first Honorary Coaching Fellows.

We speak to GB's most successful ever female diving partnership about the Road to Rio, training and Girls4Gold.

Top coaches celebrate graduation from the Elite Coaching Apprenticeship Programme.

John Steele, CEO of the Youth Sport Trust and former CEO of UK Sport & the Rugby Football Union, has been appointed to chair the EIS.

We caught up with slopestyle snowboarder Aimee Fuller as she prepares for Sochi 2014.

One year ago today Peter Norfolk and Andy Lapthorne ensured more sports won medals for ParalympicsGB than in Beijing 2008

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

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

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

Mission 2012 recognised as an 'Inspiration for Government'.

Louise Jukes and Kathryn Fudge have been named in the 14-strong women's handball team for London 2012.

England has been selected as the host of the women's and men's EuroHockey Championships.

Fighting Chance's Ruebyn Richards gives performance of career.

Over 5 million children and young people around the world are benefiting from London 2012 through International Inspiration.

Britain's elite sports professionals congregated at The Belfry for the opening of UK Sport's World Class Performance Conference.

Girls4Gold Ambassador Shelley Rudman was recently crowned European Champion and is currently top of the world rankings. Meanwhile, athletes recruited via the Girls4Gold talent identification campaign have been attending talent assessment camps for the winter Olympic sport at the University of Bath

£292 million of confirmed investment has been allocated by UK Sport to British Olympic and Paralympic sports ahead of London 2012.

The spotlight returns to Beijing once again this weekend as just two weeks after the Olympic flame was extinguished in the Birds Nest stadium, the Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony gets underway on Saturday

sports coach UK has unveiled the industry blueprint to create a world-leading coaching system in the UK by 2016

In a speech today at the 'Countdown to London 2012 - How will the Games Deliver for the Country' Conference in London, UK Sport Chief Executive, John Steele, told delegates that it is vital to ensure that the Games leave a long lasting legacy that leads to positive and permanent change

A three-year project launched today will give 11 women involved in British sport the skills and experience required to take on senior decision making roles

Gordon Brown's Budget announcement of additional funding for high performance sport in the run up to London 2012 has received an enthusiastic response from the sporting community

UK Sport, the Government agency responsible for the funding and support of Olympic and Paralympic sport, is delighted with the additional 2012 performance funding announced in today's Budget

London's bid document for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012 is being submitted to the International Olympic Committee today

Britain has won its first gold medal of the Games with a convincing victory in the sailing as Shirley Robertson and her Yngling crew proved themselves to be untouchable with a race to spare

With some 36 days to go until the 2004 Olympics get underway, UK Sport today looked beyond Athens and announced the funding package available to support leading athletes up to the next summer Games in Beijing 2008

The International Olympic Committee announced today that London - along with Madrid, Moscow, New York and Paris - has made it on to the short-list of cities bidding to host the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games

Two announcements in recent weeks - by UK Sport and Sport England - are set to have a significant effect on the way that Olympic sports are supported by the Sports Councils

The women's curling team, led by skip Rhona Martin, won Great Britain's first Gold medal at a Winter Olympics since 1984 with victory over Switzerland in a dramatic final on Thursday

Alex Coomber won Britain's first medal in Salt Lake after finishing third in the Bob Skeleton on day thirteen of the Games. The women's curling team are assured of at least a Silver after making the final

A one million pound four-year plan was unveiled this week by UK Athletics to give the UK's leading athletes unprecedented scientific support through to the 2004 Olympic Games and beyond

British sliders have been given a performance boost in their ambition to dominate the sport of Bob Skeleton, following UK Sports Institute training in the use of video and coaching analysis software