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229,400<br />

more people played sport in<br />

<strong>2016</strong> than they did in 2015<br />

3.83M<br />

16-25 year-olds play sport<br />

once a week: an increase of<br />

3,700 in a 12-month period<br />

2.92M<br />

people from black,<br />

Asian and ethnic minority<br />

backgrounds are playing<br />

sport. That’s 26%<br />

compared to 39.5%<br />

white British people<br />

1.6M<br />

disabled people now<br />

play sport once a week<br />

(that’s 20,900 fewer than<br />

12 months ago)<br />

7.2M+<br />

women now play sport and<br />

do regular physical activity<br />

– 250,000 more than when<br />

we launched our This Girl<br />

Can campaign in 2015<br />

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