Following a £1.5million investment in 22 local areas, the Government have also committed a further £10m to help schools open sports facilities outside of teaching times, starting with the Easter holidays. Discussions are also being held over formulating a health and wellbeing measure of schools that could be assessed by Ofsted. […]
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In the 1960s, Ford Motor Co. had an internal code name for the 1966 model year Bronco that would go on to become one of the automaker’s most iconic vehicles: G.O.A.T., short for “Goes Over Any Terrain.” More than a half-century later the “G.O.A.T.” is making a comeback, and Ford […]
The year 2020 brought with it a global pandemic, a wave of unprecedented riots and protests across the county, lingering questions over the funding of police departments, and an unsettling sense of the unknown — prompting a massive hike in gun sales in every U.S. state. Yet the buying spree wasn’t only ignited […]
It was March 2020 and Jim Montecucco was desperate to ski. Seattle-area resorts had closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so the 58-year-old Kirkland resident hauled out a backcountry ski setup he had purchased in 2018 but never used. He called up fellow Kirkland resident Richie Tagliano, a snowboarder, and […]
When news of a trainer in the Women’s T20 Challenge-bound contingent testing positive first broke last month, Jemimah Rodrigues remembers darting across her Mumbai hotel room to answer a video call. “Two of my friends (fellow players) were on the call and they told me what had happened,” Rodrigues, top […]
The ban on children’s sport could effectively extend beyond the second national coronavirus lockdown unless a roadmap is produced for its immediate return, the Government was warned on Wednesday. Ministers were told the sport sector and schools needed clarity over what activity under-18s could be allowed to undertake if the […]
Golf had become one of the first sports to resume in May after a near two-month hiatus, and Jeremy Tomlinson, the England Golf chief executive, published an open letter on Sunday in an attempt to force a u-turn from Boris Johnson. “Having digested the Prime Minister’s statement to the nation […]
You would be forgiven for thinking the sheer volume of black female athletes who have reached the top levels of their sport is proof that this industry is unaffected by the racism and misogynoir that pervades other areas of society. But sadly, this is not the case. Sport does not […]
Weddings These will still be allowed to go ahead, with ceremonies and receptions of up to 15 people permitted. However, Mr Johnson made clear that they must be conducted in a Covid-secure way. Guests will have to stand or sit at least one metre apart, as well as take other […]
British Cycling will write to government this week to express concern at the way sport’s bailouts are being allocated, with too much attention given to ticketed sports and not enough on the grass-roots facing an “existential crisis”. Oliver Dowden, the culture secretary, has asked sports to put in their bids […]
