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"An organisation suited to the needs of elite sport in a devolved Britain," is how Sue Campbell describes the UK Sport she would like to see at the conclusion of her 18-month term at the helm of the UK's elite sport agency.

Sue Campbell CBE - Chief Executive of the Youth Sport Trust and former Chief Executive of the National Coaching Foundation - has been appointed as the new interim Chair of UK Sport, taking over from Sir Rodney Walker.

As announced on Monday, UK Sport's Chairman, Sir Rodney Walker, will stand down when his term of office expires in September. This will bring to an end nine years of work at the highest level of British sport.

A major shake-up of the National Lottery has been announced by the Government which could raise more money for sport and involve Olympic athletes sharing their skills on National Lottery Day.

A decision by the Government on whether to back a London bid for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games has been delayed for at least two weeks, Downing Street said today.

Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell joined key figures including three-time Olympic gold medallist Matthew Pinsent and London Mayor Ken Livingstone at a debate to discuss whether Britain should bid for the 2012 Olympic Games.

The Culture, Media and Sport Committee today published its report on a potential bid for the 2012 Olympics. "It is clearly desirable in principle that London should host an Olympic and Paralympic Games," it concludes.

UK Sport today said that a slight redistribution of Lottery funds among the good causes could result in an additional £1 billion for sport over ten years that could be used to help fund the costs of London staging the 2012 Olympics.

All governing bodies will this week receive a questionnaire from UK Sport designed to provide a toolkit that will enable them to review operations to identify how they might be repositioned or refocused in the future.

An ICM opinion poll regarding a potential London bid for the 2012 Olympic Games has revealed that 81% of the nation is in favour of a bid - an increase of 12% since the question was last asked six months ago.