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Mental health

02.10.2023

UK Sport wants athletes to "thrive, not live in fear" in top-five goal for Paris 2024

UK Sport is targeting a top-five finish for Britain at next year’s Olympics in Paris, insisting they want athletes to "thrive, and not live in fear" in a move away from a "winning at all costs" mentality.

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Athletes

18.07.2023

Carlos Alcaraz’s Wimbledon title shows he is exactly who everyone thought he was

Novak Djokovic knows a thing or two about the talents and intangibles required to win big matches against the best players.

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Sports

17.05.2023

UK sport needs independent welfare body, insists British Gymnastics chair

The chair of British Gymnastics has called on the government to establish an independent welfare body to protect athletes across all sports – and to ensure governing bodies no longer face significant costs dealing with safeguarding cases.

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Olympic Games

13.04.2023

Britain represents highest proportion of foreign ticket sales for Paris 2024

Outside of France, British people have bought the most tickets for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games which is set to take place in the capital city for the first time in 100 years from July 26 to August 11.

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Doping

05.04.2023

Amir Khan handed two-year ban from all sport after doping positive

Former world champion tested positive for ostarine in 2022 Positive test followed bout against Kell Brook in Manchester

Amir Khan, the former world champion boxer, has been banned from all sport for two years after he was found guilty of having ostarine, a banned performance-enhancing drug, in his system on the night he lost to his bitter rival Kell Brook last year.

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Gender Equality

14.03.2023

New research shows British public support athletes speaking out and driving social change

UK Sport research published on International Women's Day finds huge demand for more coverage of women's sport

The British public overwhelmingly supports athletes using their platforms to speak out about social issues and advocate for change, according to new research published today by UK Sport.

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Gender Equality

12.02.2023

UK Athletics under fire over ‘inaccurate’ reading of law amid transgender plans

UKA says risk too high to ban trans women from female events Equality commission claimed it told UKA law permitted a ban

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has taken the unprecedented step of criticising UK Athletics for its “inaccurate” interpretation of the law after UKA announced plans for a new transgender policy.

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Doping

02.05.2022

Is athletics winning the fight against doping?

It’s now five years since the creation of the Athletics Integrity Unit, so how much progress has been in that time when it comes to the war on drugs? We discover a changed landscape

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Sports

21.01.2022

Iran first to benefit from international partnership programme

The International Canoe Federation and British Canoeing are delighted to announce that the Iranian Canoe, Sailing and Rowing Federation is to be the first nation to benefit from the recently launched International Partnership Programme (IPP).

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Mental health

UK Sport wants athletes to "thrive, not live in fear" in top-five goal for Paris 2024

Athletes

Carlos Alcaraz’s Wimbledon title shows he is exactly who everyone thought he was

Sports

UK sport needs independent welfare body, insists British Gymnastics chair

Olympic Games

Britain represents highest proportion of foreign ticket sales for Paris 2024

Doping

Amir Khan handed two-year ban from all sport after doping positive

Gender Equality

New research shows British public support athletes speaking out and driving social change

Gender Equality

UK Athletics under fire over ‘inaccurate’ reading of law amid transgender plans

Doping

Is athletics winning the fight against doping?

Sports

Iran first to benefit from international partnership programme

The 2023 World Figure Skating Championships Conclude in a Blaze of Glory for Japan

Elena Anikina: "We hope, especially considering the position and strategy which IOC has now, that very soon the situation will be changed"

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