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Olympic and Paralympic athletes set to drive social impact

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

The honour recognises the immense contribution that Esther has made to the UK’s sporting system over the last 15 years.

The Anita White Fund is a legacy of the Anita White Foundation and consists of two sets of awards - The Anita White Catalyst Grant and The Cath Sweet Award.

The list of achievements includes services to sport, governing bodies, and major events.

As the UK’s major event agency our team has been at the heart of what is a unique and pioneering collaboration.

The Olympic and Paralympic high-performance sport community have been recognised in the 2023 King's Birthday Honours list.

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

Two new members to join UK Sport's board in September.

A host of Paralympic stars visited Hemel Hempstead snowdome alongside local community to give snow sports a go.

The Code, and associated documents, are produced in conjunction with Sport England and come following a review launched last year.

UK Sport Chair Dame Katherine Grainger reflects on the contribution of Maurice Watkins to British sport.

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 England manager is a graduate of UK Sport’s World Class Coaching: Elite Programme.

Review highlights improvements made in sports governance over past five years, including in diversity & inclusion - but a need to go further.

UK Sport has announced the individuals from across the entire sport sector to be a part of the inaugural programme.

Report also shows that Olympic and Paralympic sports support employment for 784,000 people

UK Sport has announced the appointment of Dr Kate Baker as Director of Performance.

UK Sport are proud to support the Rugby League World Cup social engagement work here in the UK and abroad.

Simon Amor discusses his experiences as part of last year's cohort.

Steve Borthwick discusses his experiences as part of last year's cohort.

British Swimming's Mel Marshall discusses her experiences as part of last year's cohort.

UK Sport Acting Director of Performance Michael Bourne joins the Duke of Cambridge to talk mental health.

Find out more about the work undertaken by the UK Sport International Relations team.

Find out more about the fourteen coaches selected for this year's International Leadership Programme (ILP).

UK Sport and the EIS can now confirm a number of key appointments.

The prestigious continental championship will be played at eight venues across the country.

2030 FIFA World Cup and all three cycling Grand Tours included in list of events under consideration.

UK Sport and Sport England have today confirmed high levels of compliance with the Code for Sports Governance.

Olympic and Paralympic heroes celebrated in 2017 New Year’s Honours List

The 31-match tournament is due to be held at 12 stadiums across the country

Research has revealed that nearly 1 million people took part in I Am Team GB, The Nation’s Biggest Sports Day

Cox doubles up to win a historic second gold, this time on the athletics track, while Storey wins 13th Paralympic title.

Shock and elation as British swimmers set Rio pool alight with golden hat-trick.

Triathlon makes Paralympic debut, Cox switches sports and Cockroft looks to replicate London glory.

Dame Sarah Storey becomes Britain's most successful female Paralympian of all time on day 1 of Rio 2016.

After a colour and vibrant opening ceremony last night, take a look ahead to day 1 of the Paralympics.

Find out about Simon Amor: the man priming GB to make Olympic rugby sevens history

An expert panel to lead the independent review into British Cycling has been named

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

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

Rachel Choong wins the UK Sport Inspirational Performance of the Year Award

Eight athletes have been selected to join the British Skeleton talent squad after coming through talent search Power2Podium

We speak to the Performance Manager at British Gymnastics about athlete development and the talent pathway.

Matt Holt, CEO of GB Boxing, talks about his experiences visiting Kenya as part of Leading Edge programme.

Graduates of UK Sport's talent ID scheme join World Class Programme.

England Netball Submits bid to host Netball World Cup 2019 in Liverpool.

UK Sport announce milestone events for sports with just over two years to go until the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Uganda celebrates the successes of the International Inspiration Programme as it comes to an end.

37 sports identified as having realistic medal potential for the Rio 2016 or Tokyo 2020

UK Sport launch Unity Project with the Rugby Football Union, International Rugby Board and FIRA-AER.

An interview with England Under-21 manager Gareth Southgate.

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.

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

UK Sport's ambition for Britain's summer Olympic and Paralympic teams is to be at least as competitive in Rio 2016 as at London 2012.

Ten Talent ID athletes have been selected for Team GB so far.

UK Sport confirms 'Top Four' ambition for Home Games and target of winning more medals across more sports.

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

Following a rigorous period of testing and trialling, 58 athletes were selected onto Olympic talent development programmes.

London 2012 will raise awareness of the importance of quality British led coaching in the UK.

The International development director and International Inspiration programme director blogs for UK Sport.

Following their final workshop the 12 coaches will become the first graduates of the coach development scheme.

The former England international discusses the importance of developing home grown British coaches.

Liz Nicholl appointed new Chief Executive of UK Sport.

The UK Talent Team consider how the football players' talents on the pitch could have been put to good use in other Olympic sports.

Sir Philip Craven sends his blog from Azerbaijan.

The UK Talent Team continues its search for Olympic talent from the pools of rugby and football academy athletes.

Richard Lewis has been appointed the new Chair of Sport England, effective from 1 April 2009.

A brief review of UK Sport's Talent ID and Research and Innovation work over the past 12 months

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

The closing module of UK Sport's second International Leadership Programme (ILP) took place this Tuesday at Lord's Cricket Ground, London

UK Sport's World Class Coaching Conference drew to a close at the Belfry in Warwickshire today. The November edition of the UK Sport podcast is now available to download and features intreviews with two of the 2005 Elite Coach intake who graduated this week

David Weir wins his second gold on the penultimate day of the Games, which sees Britain reach 100 medals

David Roberts and Peter Norfolk hit the headlines as Britain's gold medal haul moves to 41

GB's cyclists and Equestrian team shone once again and delivered 8 gold medals between them on day three of the Beijing Paralympics. With more medals in the pool and on the track, it was another productive day for our Paralympians

Britain win eight medals on day two of the Games, with Eleanor Simmonds becoming Britain's youngest ever individual Champion

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

Attracting major sporting events to the UK makes strong economic sense according to a major new report out today from UK Sport