Joe Fraser has joined fellow Olympians Beth Tweddle MBE and Max Whitlock OBE as an official ambassador for the FIG 51st World Gymnastics Championships Liverpool 2022. Following his Olympic debut in Tokyo, the 23-year-old is looking forward to a packed home crowd when the World Championships are staged in Liverpool this year – the first … Read more
Liverpool City Council is looking to appoint experts who can play a pivotal role in bringing major sporting events to the city. Following in the footsteps of hosting the Netball World Cup in 2019, the BISFED Boccia World Championships in 2018 and of course the World Gymnastics Championships 2022 later this year, Liverpool is on … Read more
The World Gymnastics Championships Liverpool 2022 (WGC2022) has today launched its education programme with the aim of inspiring and raising aspirations of young people throughout Merseyside and across the UK. The programme provides an opportunity to educate and engage children from early years through to Key Stage 3 with an Education Resource Pack available to … Read more
The World Gymnastics Championships Liverpool 2022 has announced the opening of its exciting and expansive volunteering programme, with up to 600 roles being created to support the delivery of the world-class event. The event will take place at the M&S Bank Arena from 29 October – 06 November and there are a variety of volunteering … Read more
With multiple twists and turns throughout the Novak Djokovic story – Director of Public Health, Matt Ashton shares his thoughts on the importance of elite sports stars promoting vaccine confidence and why there are no real winners in this situation. “I’ve been following the Djokovic story not only with my public health hat on, but … Read more
The tournament which set the US Open Champion on her winning path will take place in Liverpool once again this weekend. The ITF Under-18 event is taking place at Liverpool Tennis Centre this weekend and is the same competition which saw Emma Raducanu become the youngest-ever winner of back in 2015 – aged just 13. … Read more
The World Gymnastics Championships Liverpool 2022 (WGC2022) is celebrating one year to go until the city hosts one of the largest international sporting events in its history. The championships will see over 500 of the world’s greatest gymnasts descend upon the city of Liverpool going head-to-head over nine action-packed days. Liverpool, a city renowned for … Read more
The 28th annual BTR Liverpool Skyline Half Marathon returns on Sunday 12 September with more than 1,500 runners pulling on their running shoes to take part.
Liverpool is expanding its sporting portfolio with a new football-based sport. The FITEQ (Federation Internationale de Teqball) has donated two teqball tables to Liverpool which will be located at the Simpson Football Hub in Hunts Cross and the Jeffrey Humble Football and Fitness Hub at Long Lane. Teqball is a football-based sport – played on … Read more
Rugby League World Cup 2021 (RLWC2021) and the UK Government have announced their intention to stage the flagship event in the international Rugby League calendar in 2022.
With 500 days to go until the FIG World Gymnastics Championships 2022 begin in Liverpool, Championship organisers are embracing the city region’s creativity with a new competition and ambassador. New ambassador Paul Curtis is the Liverpool City Region Artist of the Year, whose works have quickly become Liverpool icons. ‘For All Liverpool’s Liver Birds’ on … Read more
Tickets are now on sale for the World Gymnastics Championships, which will see the best gymnasts from across the globe heading to Liverpool.
Binman turned Marine FC footballer James Barrigan talks about taking on Premiership giants Spurs in the FA Cup.
The Government is to allow gyms, indoor sports facilities, fitness and dance studios in Liverpool and the wider city region to reopen from Saturday 24 October. They were included in Tier 3 restrictions which came into force on Wednesday 14 October in a bid to drive down COVID-19 infection rates. However, local leaders successfully argued … Read more
Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson has congratulated Liverpool Football Club on winning the Premiership title. They secured their 19th title last night – leading to an outpouring of emotion from fans who have been waiting 30 years for them to lift the trophy. The city council is urging ecstatic fans to try and maintain social … Read more
The Vitality Netball World Cup, which took place at the M&S Bank Arena Liverpool, delivered an £8.18m economic boost to the city’s economy according to new research from UK Sport. Overall 6.07 million people in Britain attended, watched or followed the tournament which took place in July 2019. In addition to the economic gains, the … Read more
Liverpool is limbering up to encourage people to get active thanks to new physical activity funding. The city has been awarded £300,000 by Get Out Get Active – a national, ground-breaking project which aims to work with some of the least active communities or groups in the country, and give them the confidence to take … Read more
Two of Liverpool’s leading sporting executives are to oversee the delivery of the city’s major international sports events. Brian Barwick – the former controller of ITV Sport, Chair of the Rugby Football League and Chief Executive of the Football Association – will chair a new Sports Event Delivery Group (SEDG). The group will maximise the … Read more
Liverpool’s Olympic track star Anyika Onoura is under starter’s orders for a new direction in life after saying a fond farewell to the world of competitive racing. And in announcing her retirement, the 35 year-old bronze medal winner has pledged to work with Liverpool City Council to nurture the next generation of homegrown talent. Anyika … Read more
The largest event in the British Athletics Cross Challenge Series will be held at Sefton Park on Saturday 23rd November. This prestigious event also incorporates the individual and team trials for the GB Team for the European Cross Country Championships to be held in Lisbon, Portugal in December. It provides an opportunity for runners of … Read more