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BBC Announces 3D Olympic Coverage

Posted: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:05 by Sam Tomlin

3D Coverge available to all with 3D TV set and HD channels.

Tags: 3D TV, London 2012, Olympics

StreetGames Open Bookings for National Training Event

Posted: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:21 by Sam Tomlin

StreetGames Open Bookings for National Training Event

Sports Think Tank Partners Announce Event at end of March

Tags: StreetGames, Community Sport

Applications for Beyond Sport Awards for 2012 now open

Posted: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:33 by Sam Tomlin

Applications for Beyond Sport Awards for 2012 now open

12 Categories to enter

Tags: Beyond Sport

15th Deloitte Football Money League published

Posted: Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:31 by Sam Tomlin

Real Madrid and Barcelona at the top for the third year in a row while Man Utd fall further behind in third place

Tags: Football money league, football

Independent Sports Think Tank Launches Today in UK

Posted: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:00 by Andy Reed

Independent Sports Think Tank Launches Today in UK

The UKs only fully independent think tank dedicated to sport is formally launched today at www.sportsthinktank.com with a Guest Blog from Tanni Grey-Thompson

Patron of the Sports Think Tank, Lord Seb Coe said "A sports think tank would be a great legacy from the 2012 games, enabling future generations to benefit from long term, well researched, and evidence-based sports policy making in the UK"

The Sports Think Tank has been launched by joint Directors Andy Reed and Nick King with strong backing from the key players in the sport and policy development landscape.

Tags: Sport, Launch, Media, Press Releases, 2012

Government's Public Health Framework details published

Posted: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:10 by Sam Tomlin

The paper, 'Healthy Lives, Healthy People', has 66 indicators for public health, three of which are of relevance to sport

Tags: Health, Andrew Lansley, sport

NFL team to play in London for at least 3 more years

Posted: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:24 by Sam Tomlin

Wembley to continue hosting matches for St Louis Rams

Tags: NFL, Wembley, American Football

Wilson loses UK Athletics ban appeal

Posted: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:48 by Sam Tomlin

UK Anti-doping want to send a strong message

Tags: Anti-doping, doping, athletics

Sported Respond to DCMS Youth Strategy

Posted: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:33 by Andy Reed

We welcome DCMS's recent sport strategy announcement that focuses on young people – few can argue the health benefits of participating in sport. However, side by side the participation agenda, sits the sport for social development sector, which is too often forgotten about.

With the support of a thriving sport for development sector in the UK, a strategy on sport and legacy in the UK should also focus on using sport as a means to an end – helping to increase confidence, motivation, leadership skills and communication which in turn enables young people to develop into well-adjusted young people who contribute positively to society. Sport in this case is used as the hook to engage and the vehicle to educate young people. There is a clear intention to achieve a specific social outcome as a result of engaging in the sport, it is not sport for sports sake but sport for change.

Tags: Sported, Dcms, Youth, Development

Leisure Database Company's 'Splashpath' listed as most popular Health & Fitness App

Posted: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:45 by Sam Tomlin

Leisure Database Company's 'Splashpath' listed as most popular Health & Fitness App

The Sports Think Tank's partner organisation, Leisure Database Company's app, helping consumers find out where and when to swim, comes top of Apple's health and fitness category

Tags: Splashpath, swimming, Leisure Database