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Eight Elite Training Centres receive UK Sport accreditation
Eight Elite Training Centres have been recognised by UK Sport for their contribution to the preparation of elite Olympic and Paralympic athletes.
Countdown to Paris 2024: Westminster Hosts Team GB Athletes Partner content
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Countdown to Paris 2024: Westminster Hosts Team GB Athletes
With the Paris Olympics and Paralympics now just one year away, Team GB and ParalympicsGB athletes took time out from their busy training schedules to meet with MPs at a parliamentary reception, hosted by UK Sport. It was a chance to celebrate the contribution that elite sport makes to the UK and for our athletes to share how they are preparing to make the nation proud at Paris 2024.
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100% of athletes benefit from Powered by Purpose
The pilot Powered by Purpose programme launched by UK Sport, in partnership with The True Athlete Project in 2022, was created after a consultation found that 86% of athletes on the world class programme want to use their platform to make a difference to society, whilst they are still competing.
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Major sporting events are having positive social impact across the UK
Alongside the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and The National Lottery, we are proud to have supported two World Championships that showcased the power sporting events can have to improve people’s lives and local communities across the UK.
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IPC announces Manchester, UK as preferred location for World Para Athletics and World Para Swimming governing bodies
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced UK Sport and the British Paralympic Association (BPA) as its preferred partners to assist with the transfer of governance and the creation of independent bodies for the sports of Para athletics and Para swimming.
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UK Sport announces extra investment to support Paris Olympic and Paralympic preparations 
UK Sport has today confirmed an additional £4m of funding into summer Olympic and Paralympic sport as preparations gear up for the Paris 2024 Games.
Powered by Purpose: How the next generation of UK athletes are powering positive change Partner content
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Powered by Purpose: How the next generation of UK athletes are powering positive change
Being a top-class athlete is about achieving dreams and ambitions in the sporting arena. But for many of the UK’s top athletes in 2023 it is also about driving and effecting lasting positive change in society.

Both athletes and MPs know that elite athletes are vital role models for our communities. And on issues such as period poverty, water quality, disability inclusion, and mental wellbeing, UK Sport’s Powered by Purpose programme provides British athletes with the opportunities and skills they need to power positive change in our communities.
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Tackling Racism & Racial Inequality in Sport Update
In the six months since the last update on progress and actions in response to the Tackling Racism and Racial Inequality in Sport (TRARIIS) review, extreme incidents of racism in sport have continued to remind us of the importance of the work we are doing to tackle racism and eradicate racial discrimination from the sporting system.
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UK Sport and Sport England move to strengthen safeguarding
UK Sport and Sport England have today committed to action across five areas which are designed to support improved safeguarding and wellbeing for everyone involved in sport.

Nineteen commitments span the areas of coaching and workforce support, performance athlete support, good governance, dispute resolution and creating safer environments for participants.
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UK Sport International Partnership Programme – growing para archery across Africa
As part of UK Sport’s commitment to using the power of sport to inspire positive change, UK Sport’s International Relations team have been supporting Archery GB’s work promoting and supporting the growth of para archery across African nations.
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Birmingham to host 2026 European Athletics Championships after Commonwealth success
Birmingham has today been announced as the host of the 2026 European Athletics Championships – the first time that the European Athletics Championships will take place in the United Kingdom.
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UK Sport launches development programme for leaders in high-performance sport
This week UK Sport has launched its 18-month development programme, ‘Leading To Perform’, for leaders in the high-performance sport community. The programme is designed to enhance leadership potential within performance senior leadership team roles.
Extra Time: Paying women rugby professionals is long overdue
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By Lord Triesman
Extra Time: Paying women rugby professionals is long overdue
Many sports federations do painfully little to advance to protect women's sport.
Extra Time: How Tracey Crouch can save football
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By Lord Triesman
Extra Time: How Tracey Crouch can save football
The tripwires for Tracey Crouch’s excellent Fan-Led Review of Football Governance were the vain-glorious announcement of the “European Super League”, the collapse of Bury FC and near-insolvency of 45 other clubs, the pandemic and, of course, a Conservative manifesto commitment likely to figure in the Queen’s Speech.
The Winter Games that proved our love for Team GB and ParalympicsGB hasn’t cooled Partner content
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The Winter Games that proved our love for Team GB and ParalympicsGB hasn’t cooled
The Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games did more than unite the country behind British athletes; they showed that with the right funding, sport can plot a path to a more diverse, inclusive future for the country as a whole, and MPs agree.
Extra Time: the not-so-super Super League
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By Lord Triesman
Extra Time: the not-so-super Super League
In a new occasional series, Lord Triesman tackles the important matters facing sport – both on and off the field. First up, the not-so-super European Super League
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UK Sport outlines mission to create greatest decade of extraordinary sporting moments