Leicester College have developed and launched a new football development scheme, teaming up with Leicester’s St. Andrews Football Club. The partnership will enable Leicester College to utilise St. Andrews Football Club as the main headquarters for the college’s football development squad, allowing the team use of training facilities and St. Andrews’ main pitch. Leicester College’s new football development scheme will now present a ...

Organisers of this year's Sky Ride Leicester, which takes place on Sunday (August 28th), are promising a festival of entertainment and activities across seven zones along the city's 8km traffic-free route. The British Cycling village and CTC Inclusive Zones on Abbey Park will be the perfect stop-off point for anyone wanting to relax to the sounds of Sambando at the Brazilian cafe ...

New five-a-side football facilities are set to be developed at a city sports centre. The £400,000 project will see four state-of-the-art floodlit five-a-side football pitches built at St Margarets Pastures Sports Centre, in St Margarets Way. Work will involve transforming one of the centre's existing artificial pitches into a five-a-side ground, and adding three more. The gym will close to make way for new changing rooms for ...

Aspiring athletes will be able to take part in a sports summer camp taking place in the city next week. The four-day athletics camp will be held at Saffron Lane Athletics Stadium, from Tuesday August 16th until Friday August 19th from 12.30pm to 3.30pm each day. It is part of the national Aviva Star Track campaign by UK Athletics, and is open to ...

Braunstone Park played host to the 42nd parkrun at the weekend and welcomed 141 runners to the weekly, timed 5k race. The race was won in 17:51 by Rupert Simms who was making his first appearance in more than two months but the 13-time runner had to fight off a strong challenge from parkrun regular Andy Ball of Huncote Harriers who ...

A series of cycling events taking place across Leicester started last weekend. The city is set to host Sky Ride Leicester on Sunday, August 28th, when thousands of cyclists will take part on a specially-prepared circuit in the city. To tie in with the main event, a series of Sky Ride Local events suitable for all abilities is being organised, ranging from ...

Almost 10,000 youngsters across the city have taken advantage of free swimming over the past two weeks. Free swimming for city residents aged 16 and under was launched on Monday July 18th to last eight weeks until August 31st. The City Mayor, Sir Peter Soulsby, pledged to bring back free swims for children and young people during this year's schools' summer holidays ...

This Saturday (August 6th) all roads lead to Leicester’s Victoria Park for the annual Leicester Caribbean Carnival. Following LASS’s successful HIV testing at the recent LASS Know Your HIV Status football Tournament at the Emerald centre, the testing van will be on site for those who would like to know their HIV status and have peace of mind. A LASS ...

Over 4,000 athletes proudly marched through Loughborough this weekend at the Grand Parade of Athletes to celebrate the arrival of the 18th UK Corporate Games. The annual 4-day event featured over 22 sports at destinations across Leicestershire, including Olympic facilities at Loughborough University, Watermead Country Park, Loughborough Endowed Schools, Formula 1 Karting, Gala Leicester and the golf courses of Forest Hill and ...

With over 1,300 young athletes taking part in the Parallel Youth Games and Youth Games at Loughborough University last weekend, onlookers were able to see the high level of ability the future athletes of Britain have to offer already. Competing at the University’s world class sports facilities was an honour as these will soon be the training base for the GB and Japanese ...