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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.

The finest hockey talent from Europe will compete in an unforgettable tournament in Summer 2027.

The Championships will take place from 4-14 September 2025 at the M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool.

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.

National Lottery funded Unorthobox in Bradford aims to reach and connect the local community.

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

London will host the rescheduled Boxing Road to Tokyo European Olympic Qualifying event in April next year.

"It’s so important to be proactive instead of reactive with mental health".

The Copper Box Arena will play host to the Road to Tokyo Olympic Qualifying event in March.

Event to take place at the Copper Box Arena on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in March 2020.

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

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.

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

New boxing programme to increase participation in London is launched

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

We speak to Joyce and Qais Ashfaq ahead of the British Lionhearts clash against China in the World Series of Boxing

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

Samantha Murray wins Great Britain's final medal of London 2012 in the modern pentathlon.

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.

British athletes will continue to be strongly supported by National Lottery and Exchequer cash in the run up to Rio 2016.

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

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

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

UK Sport will shortly unveil its new Lottery Strategy, coinciding with the announcement that the organisation's awards to sport have passed through the £100 million barrier