News · 24 January 2022
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
Blog · 17 January 2022
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
News · 5 November 2021
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.
News · 29 October 2021
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
News · 10 September 2021
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.
News · 3 September 2021
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
Liverpool · 5 August 2021
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.
News · 16 June 2021
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
News · 22 April 2021
Tickets are now on sale for the World Gymnastics Championships, which will see the best gymnasts from across the globe heading to Liverpool.
News · 9 January 2021
Binman turned Marine FC footballer James Barrigan talks about taking on Premiership giants Spurs in the FA Cup.
Covid-19 · 22 October 2020
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
Civic · 26 June 2020
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
sport · 27 February 2020
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
sport · 10 February 2020
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
Culture · 27 November 2019
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
Community · 26 November 2019
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
sport · 14 November 2019
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
Arts & Events · 7 November 2019
In 2009 England Netball, in partnership with Liverpool City Council, UK Sport and The ACC Liverpool Group, started work on a bid to host the Netball World Cup which was submitted to the International Netball Federation (INF) in 2014. In 2015, the INF confirmed that the bid had been successful. The sport had experienced growth
News · 4 November 2019
GRASSROOTS football in Liverpool is to get a nearly half a million pound funding boost over the next three years thanks to a cash injection from the city’s Premier League clubs. Everton and Liverpool Football Clubs’ respective charities will each invest £75,000 a year in a Grassroots Football Development Fund to provide equipment, training
sport · 1 November 2019
Premier League footballers Trent Alexander-Arnold and Tom Davies joined Jamie Carragher on Thursday, 31 October, to celebrate the first anniversary of four multi-million-pound sporting hubs across Liverpool. The trio, who all grew up in Liverpool, were given a tour of the state-of-the-art Jericho Lane site, one of four multi-sport hubs that have been developed as
