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World Athletics is expected to confirm the host of the 2029 World Athletics Championships in September.

UK Sport has today taken a major step to secure a more certain environment for Olympic and Paralympic sports in the current economic climate, with the combination of vital new investment from the Team 2012 initiative and adjustments to funding awards allowing for the mission to London to be kept firmly on track

Twenty-four female athletes who responded to Victoria Pendleton's call for Girls4Gold last summer attended an intensive five day camp with British Cycling last week, all bidding for the once in a lifetime opportunity to earn a place on a development programme with one of Great Britain's most successful Olympic sports

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

Baroness Sue Campbell CBE has been reappointed as the chair of UK Sport, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Andy Burnham announced today

Athlete funding for eight Olympic and four Paralympic sports was confirmed today by UK Sport.

British Paralympians will be among hundreds of athletes from more than 40 countries competing at the first Paralympic World Cup, which takes place in Manchester this summer

Sports in the UK are being invited to nominate their rising stars of coaching to take part in a ground-breaking new <i>Elite Coach</i> acceleration programme, co-ordinated by UK Sport

Nine of the nation's most promising coaches came together last week at the start of a journey aimed at placing them on a fast track to coaching excellence

The second phase of Fighting Chance: Battle4Brazil took place last weekend (13-14 Apr) in Manchester.