Yr hyn sy’n Newydd - Sport
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World championships, Olympic medallists, and a wheelchair league on a Wednesday. Welcome to Curl Aberdeen
11th Mawrth 2026
Every time you play the National Lottery, a share of what you spend goes to good causes. Curl Aberdeen in north-east Scotland is one of them — a community sports venue built with National Lottery funding, open to everyone, where wheelchair curlers compete in the club league as the Winter Paralympic Games unfold in Italy.
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Last chance to unlock free UK days out in film, science, wildlife and more with a National Lottery ticket
10th Mawrth 2026
National Lottery Open Week gives players the chance to explore the extraordinary projects, hidden gems and iconic venues they help fund, through the £32 million raised for good causes every week.
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Get your skates on: The family-run speed skating club growing the next gen
6th Mawrth 2026
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Ice cool: Team GB’s speedster Niall Treacy discusses his journey from Solihull to Milano-Cortina
19th Chwefror 2026
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Rink roots - Team GB Coach Richard Shoebridge's call to the next gen
19th Chwefror 2026
Team GB speed skating Coach Richard Shoebridge explains why the next generation should consider the ice, and bigs up the rink roots that are growing the next crop of talent.
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Speed showdown: Team GB’s Niall Treacy vs. Usain Bolt (an imaginary race)
19th Chwefror 2026
Explore the short track speed skating oval like never before: An original datagraphic of an imagined race betwen Team GB's Niall Treacy and Usain Bolt in his prime.
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Beyond Snow and Ice: The Winter Olympics are a wonderland of speed, skill and surprise
10th Chwefror 2026
The wide world of winter sports on snow and ice: From lightning-fast ice races measured in milliseconds, to gravity-defying poise on the slopes, the Winter Olympics are truly a sunburst of events rarely in the spotlight - yet consistently funded for over 30 years by The National Lottery
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The 12 Days of Christmas - A festive dozen of National Lottery Good Causes
22nd Rhagfyr 2025
'The 12 Days of Christmas': A dozen delights from The National Lottery's funding of good causes
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From talking to walking football to lifesaving links: £80m National Lottery funds to Men’s Health and Wellbeing
24th Tachwedd 2025
Comb through three decades of National Lottery funding data and uncover nearly 1500 projects supporting men’s health and mental wellbeing, and suicide prevention — from talking to walking football to life-saving local links.
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Lioness legend Chloe Kelly surprises girls’ football team with National Lottery funding boost
5th Tachwedd 2025
An after-school football session was stunned into silence and tears, when Lioness hero and England and Arsenal WFC star, Chloe Kelly, interrupted the game to reveal the news that the project would be awarded £8815 in National Lottery funding via Sport England.
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The National Lottery and the Great North Run - Legacies beyond the finishing line
25th Medi 2025
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World Athletics Championships: National Lottery athletes making their mark
22nd Medi 2025
As the world’s best athletes prepare to compete at the World Athletics Championships 2025 in Tokyo, The National Lottery is celebrating the role its players have had in powering British athletics.