Annual deaths due to physical inactivity still outstrip Covid
Worldwide progress to improve physical activity has stalled; overall deaths associated with inactivity remain at more than 5 million people per year (1m more than…
David Ferguson23 July 2021
Follow our Scots at the Tokyo Olympics
IT HAS been a long time coming, with lots of 'on/off' speculation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, but the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics has officially…
Ryan Brown22 July 2021
Lions Test XV surprises Telfer, McGeechan and Irvine
OSS SUPPORTERS were treated to an entertaining night with three of Scotland's greatest British and Irish Lions in the latest 'In Conversation' event, the leaking…
David Ferguson21 July 2021
Could the decisions for sport during the pandemic have been better?
By Sam Winton (OSS Research Assistant) During my time as an Undergraduate at the University of St Andrews, I was often reminded that many…
Ryan Brown20 July 2021
Physical activity and its effects on children’s education
Vasilopoulos & EllefsonPublished: 19 May 2021This research explores the association between physical activity and self-regulation and the relationship that this may have on academic achievements.…
Ryan Brown8 July 2021
OSS Ambassador Makes Her Second Olympic Games
The OSS is delighted to announce that recent Ambassador Kirsty Gilmour, has been selected for her second Olympic team for the women's singles event out…
Ryan Brown5 July 2021
Business and sport aligning for social impact
The OSS encourages articles from a wide range of comentators and thought leaders on how and where community sport can have an impact across health,…
David Ferguson2 July 2021
Royal Colleges and OSS bring health and sport together
THE ROYAL Colleges of Physicians in Edinburgh and the Observatory for Sport in Scotland (OSS) will host a joint event on 3 September where health…
David Ferguson30 June 2021
Transforming lives of people in poverty and trauma is focus of new research
EXCITING research into how communities can use sport activity to engage children and families living in poverty, and change destructive behaviours, is being launched in…
Ryan Brown30 June 2021
Olympic veteran Dick Pound reflects on sport’s ethics
The OSS was delighted to welcome one of the world's foremost authorities on corruption and anti-doping in sport, Dick Pound, to our latest 'In Conversation…
David Ferguson28 June 2021