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England & Wales are in a competitive bid process against Germany, South Africa and a joint bid from Belgium/Netherlands.

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

UK Sport today announced the medal targets for the Olympics and Paralympics

The event would generate an estimated 15,000 bed nights and a £6m boost to the local economy

Hockey World Cup funding provides new pitches

Teams compete in London for a place in the World League Final with World Cup qualification also at stake

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

David Ames gives an insight into the team’s recent trip to Australia as they continue their preparation for Rio 2016.

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

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

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

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.

Meet the National Lottery backed athletes who will give you a unique insight into their world on #EveryRoadToRio

Tickets are now on sale for the men’s Hockey Champions Trophy, London 2016.

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

The England Hockey captain talks to us about qualifying for Rio and the upcoming EuroHockey Championships

After qualifying for Rio 2016, we speak to GB Hockey Head Coach about his team's turnaround in form

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