Netball the biggest winner as football kept waiting for its share of Sport England cash
Following December’s announcement of £88m between 26 sports, Sport England has awarded a further £101m between 25 more sports.
The FA, under government pressure to reform or lose public money, has been allocated £5.6m for its disability and women’s development programmes over the next four years, with a decision on the full award left pending. Football’s governing body received £30m from Sport England between 2013 and 2017.
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Hide AdNetball got the biggest award, with £16.9m for development and £3m to help the England team prepare for the 2019 World Cup in Liverpool. The GB basketball team, ignored by elite funding agency UK Sport, also received £1m for the national team, with a further £4.7m going to basketball development in England.
The Rugby Football Union has been given £12.6m, Table Tennis England £8.3m, the Lawn Tennis Association £8.2m and British Athletics £7.3m.
Sport England, which receives about three-quarters of its funding from the lottery with the rest coming from general taxation, will distribute £1bn over the next four years on mass participation sport.