Sports Studies

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Sports Physiotherapists treat athletes with sports injuries. They identify the injury and then devise a programme to improve the movement and function of the injured area. They also provide advice on how to avoid injury.

Name: Tracy Lewis

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A PE teacher is responsible for planning, teaching and tutoring students in a school setting. They teach a range of different sports and provide young people with an opportunity to develop and improve their social and physical skills.

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A sports journalist works in the media industry (newspaper, magazines, radio, television, internet) and source, research, write and present stories for publication in local, regional and national press.

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, where average household incomes exceed £100,000, may seem a strange place to set up a charity for disadvantaged children. Yet, in the heart of the nation’s wealthiest borough lies Earl's Court, first port of call for many refugee families entering Britain and a neighbourhood bereft of out-of -school activities for children.

Britain has finally produced a tennis player that we can be proud of and who can compete with the best. Born in Glasgow on 15 May 1987, Andy Murray (www.andymurray.com) is currently the highest-ranked British player. Murray broke into the official ATP Top 10 (www.atpworldtour.com/) for the first time on 16 April 2007, and reached a career-high of No. 4 after the 2008 U.S.

It was like a World Cup win. An anxious London suddenly came alive with pride and celebration. They had won the 2012 Olympic bid. It seemed as though all the hard work had paid off but then the nerves settled in. Cost estimates began a slow and steady upward creep. Newspapers suggested billions, hinted tax hikes and patriotic Londoners became sceptical.

Manchester City Football Club’s registered charity City in the Community celebrates 20 years of helping the people of Manchester and Tameside this year.

Formed as Manchester City Football in the Community scheme in 1986 CITC now engages with over 100,000 people a year through a range of sport, social inclusion and health programmes.

A career in professional sport is the dream for many young men and women.  What better job is there than one which enables you to make money out of something that you both excel at and love doing?  The route to the top in sport is notoriously steep, however; by its very nature, the competition is fierce and those who don’t make it far outnumber those that do.  Choosing between ‘chasing the dream’ and

Sport and Exercise Science is the application of scientific principles to the promotion, maintenance and enhancement of sport and exercise related behaviours. It is fast becoming one of the most popular subjects to study at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.