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Sahal Barre admits that if you’d met him a few years ago, he wasn’t someone you’d want to be friends with. The teenager from the…

A group of secondary schools and colleges from across South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire have raised more than £11,000 for Cancer Research UK after taking…

A fundraiser to help provide activities for youngsters in Burngreave throughout the summer holidays has raised over £800. Saturday’s #SportOverStreets event was organised by community…

Around 1,000 schoolchildren from across South Yorkshire took part in the annual South Yorkshire School Games summer festival, last Friday (5 July). Taking place across…

Leading international academics, primary school leaders and governors and public health professionals joined forces this week to create a new framework for high-quality physical activity,…

Two Yorkshire charities have scored a share of £30,000 following a high-profile fundraising event celebrating past, present and future sporting heroes. Yorkshire Sport Foundation and…

Figures from the latest Active Lives Adult survey released today (11 April) has shown an encouraging trend in the activity levels of adults. Since the…

Last week saw almost 900 schoolchildren compete in the annual West Yorkshire School Games winter festival, in association with Leeds Beckett University. Schools from across…

Sheffield schools dominated the medals at the annual South Yorkshire School Games winter festival last Friday (22 March). Schools from the district won 25 of…

Paralympic champion, Hannah Cockroft MBE, was among those celebrating the success of a Comic Relief funded project in Leeds last week. The five-time Paralympic gold…

Yorkshire Sport Foundation Chief Executive, Nigel Harrison, has reacted to the first annual survey into attitudes of children and young people to exercise and sport….

Women who are part of a Comic Relief funded project have come together to raise money for the charity as part of Red Nose Day…

As the network of County Sports Partnerships gather in Nottingham today for their annual Convention, they have announced the launch of a new brand name…

Hit Children’s Fitness Initiative Receives £1.5 Million Boost in biggest step taken to reach all schools in England Sport England has today committed £1.5 million…

Yorkshire Sport Foundation has been successful in a bid for National Lottery funding to help people in South Yorkshire on a low income become active….

Yorkshire Sport Foundation are pleased to welcome Sam Keighley to the team as Strategic Director. Sam will be working with partners across all sectors in…

Schools from Sheffield dominated the medal table at the South Yorkshire School Games summer festival on Tuesday. Schools from the district won 25 of the…

Schools from Kirklees topped the medal table at the West Yorkshire School Games summer festival, in association with Leeds Beckett University.  Many schools from across the district competed, claiming 14 medals…

The great work Active Burngreave does to create a real change in a Sheffield town has made the news for all the right reasons. =================== Somali mothers…

Schools from Sheffield topped the medal table at the South Yorkshire School Games winter festival this week. Schools from the district claimed 22 medals from…

Good luck to everyone taking park at Cannon Hall today. The route has been changed in light of the ground conditions and the event is going…

Calderdale continued their oustanding run in Panathlon competitions by winning their fourth consecutive West Yorkshire Panathlon Challenge. Students with disabilities and special needs from Brooksbank…

School pupils from across West Yorkshire competed in the West Yorkshire School Games summer festival last week. Almost 1,200 pupils competed across 11 different sports at…

More than 1,200 school pupils from across South Yorkshire competed in School Games summer festival on Wednesday. Pupils competed in nine different sports, with Sheffield…

Yorkshire Sport Foundation has teamed up with one of the UK’s biggest charity partnerships to promote their Mums’ Team project which aims to get more…

An endurance athlete running from Manchester will pass on a baton to a Holmfirth cycling coach at Holme Moss as part of an awareness campaign…

Olympic medallist Bryony Page was on hand to inspire almost 2,000 young people at the South Yorkshire School Games winter festival this week. The Rio…

Barnsley College were crowned South Yorkshire College Games Champions on Tuesday as they came out on top at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield….