Soul star, Alicia Keys, will be the first singer to play live at the opening ceremony of the Champions League Final. The show will see the singer perform to around 80,000 people in Milan's Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on May 28 and to TV audiences in over 220 countries. Keys, who will be debuting new music in the show, said playing to such a huge audience was "pretty insane".

As the excitement ahead of this year's major European football championships becomes increasingly more palpable, Pierre & Vacances announces its fun new way for holidaymakers to kick off the football festivities in France. Just as France will host the European championships this summer, nine of Pierre & Vacances' French Holiday Villages will host their very own warm-up celebrations in the build up to the matches as well as afterwards.

Liverpool, Celtic and Scotland legend Kenny Dalglish will be one of a host of former champions who will take to the famous fairways of Spain's La Manga Club to contest the 20th edition of the popular Footballers' Golf Classic this summer. Single-figure handicapper Dalglish has won the title three times at the award-winning Murcian resort but faces one of the strongest challenges ever in the competition's history if he is to lift the trophy again when the event, sponsored by John Griffin, takes place from June 4-9.

Football Academy students were rewarded for their hard work as Football Activators with an invite to the English Colleges Football Association (ECFA) FE Activators Conference held at Wembley Stadium, the home of football. Over the course of the academic year and in their role as Activators, the students have volunteered their time to create football activities both within the college and the local community, to encourage as many people as possible to play the sport for fun and in turn live healthier lifestyles.

A new edition of the Tenerife Bluetrail – the island's most popular (and extreme) long-distance mountain race – is set to take place on Saturday 11th June. Over 1,000 athletes from all over the world have already signed up to run from sea level to an altitude of over 3,550 metres in Spain's highest race.

As the heat rises and the winter layers lessen, every year summer prompts us to ditch the couch and lace up our trainers in pursuit of rediscovering our hibernating beach bodies. This year, swap a last minute dash to the sweaty gym for a fitness boosting break as Health and Fitness Travel, the leading specialists in healthy holidays worldwide, share their top fighting fit holidays for a summer shape up.