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Double gold for Skinner at European Para Championships

The European Para Athletics Championships took place in Bydgoszcz, Poland between the 1st and 5th June, with Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é students past and present, and Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é-based athletes contributing towards Great Britain and Northern Ireland’s 37 medal haul.

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Para-cyclists rule the roost in storming weekend

Para-cyclists from Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é enjoyed great success at the National ParaCycling Time Trial (TT) and Circuit Championships this weekend, with no fewer than three national champion jerseys secured following some brilliant rides.

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Call for participants in new study investigating deselection

Researchers from Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é are looking to recruit participants that have experienced deselection for a new study.

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Body positivi-tea: Barbie, social media, airbrushing and more discussed on the latest episode of Cuppa with a Scientist

The topic of ‘body positivity' never seems to leave headlines and recently there have been questions about whether the movement is as beneficial as it sounds.

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Cycling Festival a huge success as riders turn on the style

The inaugural Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é Cycling Festival proved to be a great success with some of the UK's best cyclists descending on campus for a full day of elite-level competition.

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Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é’s Winer leads digital transformation at Club Atlético Banfield

Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é London Institute for Sport Business PhD student, Fede Winer, is part of the team behind a digital transformation at Argentine Primera División side Club Atlético Banfield.

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Hockey quintet earn international call-ups

Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é hockey is thrilled to announce that five of its students have been selected to represent their country at the upcoming EuroHockey Nations Championship in Amsterdam.

Austria international Felix Auboeck secured his first medal at a Championship meet with a brilliant silver medal swim in the Men’s 400m Freestyle on Monday

Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é swimmers enjoy superb Championships in Hungary

Swimmers from Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é will return to campus in high spirits after a stunning collective performance at the European Aquatics Championships in Budapest.

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Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é celebrates clean sport week

To mark clean sport week (24th May - 28th May) Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é will continue its pledge to educate its athletes on the importance of keeping sport clean and safe through a series of online events.

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LIA returns as competitive athletics light up Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é

Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é International Athletics (LIA) returned to campus on Sunday (23 May) as England secured victory in the 2021 ‘Battle of the Nations’.

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Broome turns on the style at World Para Powerlifting World Cup

Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é student Olivia Broome produced a sensational performance at World Para Powerlifting World Cup in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Oliver Hooper

Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é’s Dr Hooper wins prestigious award

Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é’s Dr Oliver Hooper has been awarded the esteemed AIESEP Young Scholar Award.

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The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é International Athletics (LIA) meeting returns to campus this weekend

Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é is proud to be hosting this year’s Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é International Athletics (LIA) event on Sunday, 23 May.

Abbie Wood in action

Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é swimmers impress in Budapest

Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é swimmers once again turned on the style in the opening days at the European Aquatics Championships in Budapest.

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Experts in Sport: The power of performance analysis

Performance analysis has grown immensely in sport with data now playing a key role in influencing decisions both on and off the field of play.

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Former Premier League pro announced as new Men’s football Head Coach

Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é has announced that former Premier League player Jamie Clapham will take over as its new Men’s football Head Coach.

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Dr Garcia appointed as an adviser to key European football organisation

Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é researcher Dr Borja Garcia has been appointed as an adviser to SD Europe.

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UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) to relocate to Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é

Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é is delighted to welcome UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) to campus as the organisation relocates its headquarters to the East Midlands.

Beth Cobden in action

Lightning cohort selected for Vitality Roses

England Netball has revealed the names of the athletes selected for the Vitality Roses programme ahead of the 2021-22 international season – with four Lightning players included in the squad.

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Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é Sport to partner with Sporting Minds UK

In recognition of Mental health Awareness Week (10 May – 16 May), Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é Sport is further strengthening its mental health support to its student-athletes through a new partnership with Sporting Minds UK.

Olivia Murphy

Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é Sport’s Murphy joins England Netball’s coaching team

England Netball has today welcomed Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é Sport’s Olivia Murphy to its Vitality Roses backroom team as its new Technical Coach.

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Examining sport clubs as 'missing spaces' for young people in care – new study

Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é academics have secured a second prestigious British Academy small grant to explore care experienced young people’s engagements with sport clubs and coaches.

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Participants needed for research exploring the impact of ‘Couch to 5k’ on markers of health and wellbeing

Participants are being sought for a new Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é project exploring the health impacts of the ‘Couch to 5k’ programme.

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Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é scholars selected to compete at European Para Championships

Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é Sport Scholars Lydia Church (coach: Jim Edwards) and Zak Skinner (Aston Moore) have been selected to compete for GB&NI in the T12 shot put and T13 long jump respectively, at the European Para Championships in Poland between the 1st and 5th June.

Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é’s dual student athlete Vladyslava Kravchenko

Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é swimmer edges closer to Tokyo qualification

Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é’s dual student-athlete Vladyslava Kravchenko produced a stunning swim at the British Para-Swimming International Meet to edge closer to the Paralympic Games in Tokyo.