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Sports Minister Stuart Andrew welcomed the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games evaluation report at SportAccord, hosted in Birmingham.

• Updated: 9 April 2024

The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games contributed almost £1.2 billion to the UK economy, new evaluation published today reveals.

• Updated: 8 April 2024

The Culture Secretary will today bring together industry leaders responsible for delivering the recommendations made in the Review of Women's Football.

• Updated: 26 March 2024

325 swimming pools and leisure centres across England will receive a share of £60.5 million to ensure their long term financial sustainability, by improving their energy efficiency in order to keep running costs down.

• Updated: 23 March 2024

Speech given by the Minister for Sport at the Westminster Insight conference on the future of women and girls sport

• Updated: 20 February 2024

As part of the continued drive to get more people active, the UK Government and the Scottish FA have kicked off the year by announcing 40 projects across Scotland are benefitting from a share of £6 million.

• Updated: 27 January 2024

More than 1,100 grassroots sport projects will benefit from £93 million of funding as part of the continued drive to get more people active, the Government has announced today.

• Updated: 27 January 2024

As part of the continued drive to get more people active, the UK Government and the Irish FA have kicked off the year by announcing 17 projects across Northern Ireland are benefitting from a share of £2 million.

• Updated: 27 January 2024

The UK Government, the Football Association of Wales and the Cymru Football Foundation have kicked off the year by announcing 64 projects across Wales will benefit from a share of £4 million.

• Updated: 27 January 2024

Over 48,000 fish receive new homes in the South East thanks to the Environment Agency’s annual restocking programme

• Updated: 20 December 2023

Government agrees with the review’s recommendations including supporting the FA and NewCo in the full professionalisation of women’s football, and equal access to sport in schools for girls.

• Updated: 4 December 2023

New £30 million fund to deliver approximately 30 new facilities to support more women and girls into grassroots sport

• Updated: 29 November 2023

Swimming pools and leisure centres across England have today received a share of £20 million central government funding to keep them afloat in response to increased operating costs.

• Updated: 4 November 2023

The Department for Business and Trade's new Women's Sport Investment Accelerator scheme has held its first session, with seven different sports represented.

• Updated: 31 October 2023

Lioness legend Jill Scott MBE, Olympic gold medalist Daley Thompson CBE, and former No10 Delivery Unit chief Sir Michael Barber are joining the Government’s National Physical Activity Taskforce to help get millions more peop…

• Updated: 27 September 2023

The Government will join forces with former sports stars, health professionals and fitness experts to help an additional 3.5 million adults and children get physically active by 2030, as part of a major national activity dri…

• Updated: 30 August 2023

Secretary of State for Wales, David TC Davies MP visited fully refurbished courts at Six Bells Park in Abertillery

• Updated: 18 July 2023

Former England and Great Britain footballer turned pundit Karen Carney MBE has today published her major independent review into the future of domestic women’s football

• Updated: 13 July 2023

England Women's National Football team arrive in Queensland today (July 7), ahead of their World Cup game against Haiti at Suncorp Stadium on July 22.

• Updated: 7 July 2023

On the eve of the Wimbledon Championships, 1,000 public tennis courts across Britain have now been refurbished as part of over £30 million worth of investment, the Government and LTA has confirmed today.

• Updated: 29 June 2023