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FA disappointed after funding for blind football cut by UK Sport

  • Football News

By Gary AndersonMarch 20 - England's Football Association has expressed its disappointment after it was confirmed by UK Sport it had withdrawn its funding of blind football, putting the British squad's participation at Rio 2016 in jeopardy. 

Olympic and Paralympic sports, along with basketball, synchronised swimming, water polo, goalball, weightlifting

wheelchair fencing, to have their funding taken away by UK Sport last month.All had appealed but only weightlifting


British Basketball funding appeal for Rio 2016 snubbed by UK Sport

  • Rio 2016

By David OwenMarch 19 - UK Sport today confirmed the withdrawal of funding from six Olympic and Paralympic sports, shattering the dreams of scores of elite athletes in activities from basketball to visually impaired football.

an appeal process involving organisations opposed to the elite funding body's initial rulings, only weightlifting

£900,000 ($1.5 million/€1.1 million) of investment in the sport, bringing total Rio cycle funding for weightlifting


Tickets sales for Glasgow 2014 up by 800 per cent in New Zealand

  • Glasgow 2014

By Gary AndersonMarch 15 - Ticket sales and travel packages to this year's Commonwealth Games are up by 800 per cent on Delhi 2010 according to official ticket agents in New Zealand as Kiwi fans get set to flock to Glasgow this summer.

limited number of tickets still available for badminton, boxing, lawn bowls, rugby sevens, squash, weightlifting


African Junior and Youth Weightlifting Championships switched to Tunis

  • Weightlifting

By Gary AndersonMarch 13 - Tunis will be the new venue for this year's African Junior and Youth Weightlifting

after it was changed from original host city Yaoundé following "technical problems", the International Weightlifting

Games, will now be staged in the Tunisian capital following a decision by the Executive Board of the Weightlifting

Federation of Africa (WFA).The WFA were informed by the Cameroon Weightlifting Federation (CWF) that

Championships will be finalised by early next week.Tunis hosted the eighth edition of the Mediterranean Weightlifting

from February 28 to March 2 .A total of 110 athletes will compete across six men's and five women's weightlifting

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Exclusive: UK Sport move set to intensify high-performance debate as appeal dates approach

  • News

By David OwenMarch 6 - UK Sport changed explanatory wording accompanying its high-performance investment principles shortly before announcing the withdrawal of funding from seven Olympic and Paralympic sports, including basketball, water polo and goalball, insidethegames has learnt.

said.The other sports to have had their entire funding withdrawn by UK Sport are synchronised swimming, weightlifting


Development event held in Georgia to boost opportunities for young

  • ANOC News

By Nick ButlerMarch 1 - A sports development event promoting Olympic ideals and healthy lifestyles among younger generations has been held in Georgia.

has competed at 11 Olympics and won six gold medals across the three sports of judo, wrestling and weightlifting


Goalball UK set to appeal funding cut

  • Goalball News

By Paul OsborneFebruary 21 - Goalball UK has announced that it will appeal UK Sport's decision to withdraw the funding for the women's goalball team following its Annual Investment Review earlier this month.

sports to lose its entire Olympic funding, alongside basketball, water polo, synchronised swimming, weightlifting


Extra Glasgow 2014 netball tickets sell out in three hours

  • Glasgow 2014

By Gary AndersonFebruary 20 - Glasgow 2014 has announced the extra 4,000 tickets for the netball finals that went on sale today at 11am GMT sold out in three hours.

limited number of tickets still available for badminton, boxing, lawn bowls, rugby sevens, squash, weightlifting


Glasgow 2014 to release additional 4,000 tickets for netball finals

  • Glasgow 2014

By Gary AndersonFebruary 19 - Glasgow 2014 organisers have announced that up to 4,000 additional tickets for the Commonwealth Games netball finals will go on sale tomorrow at 11am GMT on a first-come, first-served basis.

limited number of tickets still available for badminton, boxing, lawn bowls, rugby sevens, squash, weightlifting


English beauty queen targets weightlifting gold at Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games

  • Weightlifting

Emily GoddardFebruary 17 - Sarah Davies, a former Miss Leeds, has said she is targeting gold in the weightlifting

gymnast, who says "strong is the new sexy", got into the sport in September 2011 through her Olympic weightlifting

Sarah Davies got into weightlifting through her Olympian boyfriend Jack Oliver ©Getty ImagesDavies also

We've never had a British female weightlifting medallist and I'd like to do that."

Davies is also training to be a PE teacher and hopes to inspire other young girls to give weightlifting


British Basketball chief reiterates call for more dialogue after funding axed by UK Sport

  • Basketball

By Gary AndersonFebruary 14 - British Basketball performance chairman Roger Moreland has reiterated his call for more dialogue with UK Sport and called for funding for team and emerging sports to be prioritised following their decision to axe Olympic money awarded to the governing body last year.

was one of seven sports to lose its Olympic funding, along with water polo, synchronised swimming, weightlifting


British Basketball to battle UK Sport funding axe decision

  • Basketball

By Paul OsborneFebruary 13 - British Basketball has given notice of its intention to make representations to the UK Sport Board on its decision to withdraw the sport's funding during its latest Annual Investment Review.

one of seven sports to lose its Olympic funding from UK Sport with water polo, synchronised swimming, weightlifting


British Swimming takes up funding battle on behalf of synchro and water polo

  • Aquatics

By David OwenFebruary 11 - British Swimming has sprung to the defence of synchronised swimming and women's water polo, notifying UK Sport of its intention to appeal last week's decision to remove elite funding from both sports in the run-up to the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

that a total of seven Olympic and Paralympic sports - basketball, synchronised swimming, water polo, weightlifting


Goalball UK chief "disappointed" by UK Sport funding snub

  • Goalball News

By Paul OsborneFebruary 5 - Mike Reilly, chief executive of Goalball UK, has admitted he has been left "disappointed" by UK Sport's decision to withdraw the £1 million ($1.6 million/€1.2 million) worth of funding for the Paralympic discipline in the nation.

being wheelchair fencing, visually impaired football, basketball, synchronised swimming, water polo and weightlifting