School Sport

Lord's shouldn't just be for public schoolboys

There is plenty of young cricketing talent to be nurtured outside of Eton, Harrow and Oxbridge

Angus Fraser 21 Sep 2022, 8:06pm
London state school pupils revive Rugby Fives and prepare to take on 'the poshies'

Game was introduced to Stoke Newington School in 1970 by an Old Rugbeian but lay dormant for 20 years until a chance staff-room conversation

By Jim White 20 Jun 2022, 9:00am
Why impractical and hyper-feminised PE kits are putting girls off sport

As pupils get ready for schools return, GB hockey player and Durham University student Tess Howard says clothing policy needs urgent rethink

By Tess Howard 1 Sep 2021, 7:00am
Up to 200,000 children leave primary school unable to swim – that's a tragedy I want to end

By 'Steve' 7 Apr 2021, 10:00am
Campaigners voice concern over policing of children keeping active outdoors

By Tom Morgan 19 Jan 2021, 5:43pm
'Sport for children should never be stopped': Petition launched to end ban on recreational sport for kids

By Ben Rumsby 18 Nov 2020, 2:05pm
Rugby changed my life - we cannot let lockdown deprive young people of opportunities

Maggie Alphonsi 3 Nov 2020, 11:45am

School sports needs a reset. Let's focus on courage, not just competition

Covid has threatened PR and games lessons but we mustn't let them slip away; they are too valuable to children's health

Jamie Johnston 8 Oct 2020, 3:00pm
School sport fuels classroom success and helps fight education inequality

Study shows regular physical activity can make children better-equipped to learn

Tim Wigmore 21 Sep 2020, 7:00am
The Telegraph's 'Girls, Inspired' campaign among winners at Everything in Sport awards

By Telegraph Sport 5 Dec 2019, 5:43pm

Exclusive: Sport leaders unite over PE 'alarming public health emergency'

By Jeremy Wilson 19 Nov 2019, 7:00am
Get our children active, UK sports sector tells PM Boris Johnson

By Jeremy Wilson 25 Jul 2019, 8:41pm
Physical education to get a boost from modernised school curriculum

By Jeremy Wilson 14 May 2019, 4:12pm
Charity unveils recommendations on reframing sport for teenage girls in schools amid alarming gender gap

By Jeremy Wilson 30 Apr 2019, 12:00am

Exclusive: UK Sport chair Dame Katherine Grainger backs calls for sport to be given enhanced status in school curriculum

By Jeremy Wilson 6 Apr 2019, 12:06pm
'At the end of rugby matches boys wouldn't shake my hand' - Telegraph readers on girls' sport in school

By Telegraph Readers 5 Apr 2019, 8:00am
Girls, Inspired campaign aims formally submitted to Government and Ofsted

By Jeremy Wilson 4 Apr 2019, 9:32pm
Casey Stoney: Making PE part of the curriculum in schools is a no-brainer

By Jason Burt 3 Apr 2019, 7:30am
Now is the time to build the next generation of healthy children

Tim Hollingsworth 3 Apr 2019, 7:13am
Industry leaders back The Telegraph's Girls, Inspired campaign

By Jeremy Wilson 2 Apr 2019, 8:19pm
Revealed: Only 20 per cent of elite sportswomen inspired by their school sport experiences

By Jeremy Wilson 2 Apr 2019, 12:00pm
Olivia Hancock: 'I've been punched by a boy and called a lesbian by a parent... just for playing football'

By Olivia Hancock 2 Apr 2019, 9:00am

Meet Darcie Barrie, the 13-year-old who refused to give up on football despite being told 'it's a boys' sport'

By Katie Whyatt 2 Apr 2019, 8:00am
The Telegraph's Girls, Inspired campaign explained

By Jeremy Wilson 2 Apr 2019, 7:00am

Introducing Girls, Inspired - a campaign to close the gender sports gap in schools and keep girls active

By Jeremy Wilson 2 Apr 2019, 7:00am
The Telegraph's Girls, Inspired campaign - how you can get involved

By Telegraph Sport 2 Apr 2019, 7:00am
Children should play with 'softer balls', charity says, as girls 'switched off sport' for life by competitive PE lessons

By Olivia Rudgard 15 Apr 2018, 10:00pm
'Whatever next, rubber pens in class and no running in playground?' Reaction to no tackling in schools rugby debate

By Telegraph Sport 26 Sep 2017, 11:29am
It's time to end the cotton wool culture in our schools – and let children live again

Amanda Spielman 5 Aug 2017, 9:41pm
Put nice smelling soap in changing rooms to encourage girls into sport, woman's FA chief says

By Camilla Turner 12 May 2017, 9:00pm
Parents' outrage over school ban on running in playground

By Adam Boult 3 Oct 2016, 6:44pm
Could the best sports training be at school?

By Lucy Higginson 16 Sep 2016, 7:00am

Let's make more of a splash about Britain's glorious swimmers

Charlotte Leslie 11 Aug 2016, 2:28pm
Underwater 'lost city' in Greece is actually the aftermath of a gas leak

By Henry Bodkin 3 Jun 2016, 12:20pm

This 10-year-old girl just did a record-breaking 2,100 sit-ups in 90 minutes

By Telegraph Reporters 18 May 2016, 10:35am
Sport Relief 2016: Eddie Izzard has completed his challenge to run 27 marathons in 27 days, plus 7 things we learned

By Telegraph Reporters 20 Mar 2016, 5:14pm
Kapow! Meet the Muslim schoolgirls taking back power through fencing

By Kat Lister 15 Mar 2016, 8:00am
England fly-half George Ford hits back at campaign to ban tackling in schools

By Gavin Mairs 3 Mar 2016, 12:39am