• Overall participation and medals no longer the priority
• Tracey Crouch: ‘Olympic legacy strategy had run its course’The sports minister,Tracey Crouch, has vowed a current government strategy for sport, and the first for two decades,will boost “stagnant” participation figures in response to criticism of the faltering Olympic legacy. But national governing bodies, who share £493m over four years, and apprehension an increased focus on physical activity rather than traditional sport will lead to funding cuts.
As part of the review,Crouch said the Premier League had promised to double the amount it invests in grassroots football each year to more than 100m after calls for it to execute more to support the wider game in light of the £8.5bn TV deal.
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Source: theguardian.com