News: Sport
April 2013
Sport England announces funding to tackle physical inactivity in London
Brunel University is working with local partners in health and community sport to get some of the least active people in London moving, after research revealed the huge cost of physical inactivity to the NHS.March 2013
Perri Shakes-Drayton wins double European gold
Brunel University graduate Perri Shakes-Drayton won two gold medals at the European Indoor Athletics Championships.
England Netball selects Brunel as training centre in bid for 2019 World Championship
Brunel is to take a central role in the future development of netball in England as one of only three Intensive Netball Training Centres (INTCs) in the country.
February 2013
Footballers are better at predicting opponents’ movements, MRI research finds
MRI scan findings showing that skilled footballers are better at predicting opponents’ movements than novices because of ‘checking mechanism’ in the brain could be used to help train next generation of sports stars.
January 2013
Brunel trio to help shape Britain's Olympic future
Britain’s Olympians have voted for three Brunel alumni to work with the British Olympic Association (BOA) to shape future plans in sport.
August 2012
Brunel Honorary Graduate Sir Craig Reedie elected IOC Vice-President
Sir Craig Reedie CBE, former chairman of the British Olympic Association and a Brunel University Honorary Graduate, has been elected as a Vice-President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Canadian athletes welcomed to campus for Paralympic Games
Brunel University welcomes Athletics Canada's Paralympic team to its campus in Uxbridge on Wednesday August 22.July 2012
Brunel University welcomes Korean Olympic team to campus
The Korean Olympic team arrives on Brunel University's campus on Friday 20 July for their pre-Games training camp.June 2012
UBS wins gold for Olympic activity on campus
The Union of Brunel Students has been named a Gold Standard Students' Union in a national scheme celebrating Olympic related student activities.
May 2012
