Commenting ahead of the Government’s announcement on the funding of school sports tomorrow, Liberal Democrat Olympic Spokesperson, Tom Brake said: "An even bigger medal tally in London 2012 and a healthier nation will only be achieved by increasing participation in all sports. "The Government must boost links between sports clubs and schools to increase the range of sports on offer and reduc...

Gerry Sutcliffe, the Sports Minister visits Park Steels, and other Stocksbridge Sports Clubs. With Over 40,000 amateur Sports Clubs missing out on a collective £100 million a year of tax savings, Sports Minister Gerry Sutcliffe, the Sports Minister recently visited Stocksbridge to urge thousands more Sports Clubs to register for tax benefits and share in a £100 million windfall He want...

The UK Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation is calling on sports governing bodies and private companies to seize the as-yet untapped female sports market, saying it would boost to individual sports and provide unexplored sponsorship opportunities.

A guide to the political dispute over schools sports funding

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Ministers gathered for the first ever EU Sports Council last week agreed to establish a regular dialogue between representatives of sports movements and EU policymakers. But observers warned that it was not yet clear who was representing the sports movement in Brussels. 

CHILDREN'S sports facilities at school and in the community are to be examined by MSPs.

Brown:Bring back competitive school sports Brown, in Beijing for the closing ceremony of the Olympic games, said the government had now begun to "correct the tragic mistake of reducing the competitive element in school sports". "We want to encourage competitive sports in schools, not the 'medals for all' culture we have seen in previous years," he said. "In sport you get better by challenging you...

Finland is developing its first national sports programme, Raija Mattila, director of the sports division of Finland's education ministry, told EurActiv in an interview.

Finland is developing its first national sports programme, Raija Mattila, director of the sports division of Finland's education ministry, told EurActiv in an interview.