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| Olympics 'will have Scots legacy' | Olympics 'will have Scots legacy' |
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| London 2012 Olympic Games chief Lord Coe has said the Games will leave a lasting legacy in Scotland. | London 2012 Olympic Games chief Lord Coe has said the Games will leave a lasting legacy in Scotland. |
| The organising chairman was speaking at the midway point between the Games being awarded and London hosting them. | The organising chairman was speaking at the midway point between the Games being awarded and London hosting them. |
| He said the event would drive forward participation in sport and defended the funding arrangements, which have been criticised by the Scottish Government. | |
| Lord Coe also spoke out in support of the creation of a united UK football team, something the SFA opposes. | Lord Coe also spoke out in support of the creation of a united UK football team, something the SFA opposes. |
| He said increased participation in sport after the Olympics was his "key agenda". | He said increased participation in sport after the Olympics was his "key agenda". |
| "Sport is deep in the DNA of Scotland," he told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme. | "Sport is deep in the DNA of Scotland," he told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme. |
| "I know that from training periods in Scotland, from competing in Scotland, there is a participation agenda and an elite performance agenda that an Olympic Games in our back yard is able to really drive." | "I know that from training periods in Scotland, from competing in Scotland, there is a participation agenda and an elite performance agenda that an Olympic Games in our back yard is able to really drive." |
| He dismissed criticism that Scotland was only scheduled to host two U-23 football games, despite £150m of Lottery funding being diverted from Scottish projects to help pay the £9.3bn cost of the Games. | He dismissed criticism that Scotland was only scheduled to host two U-23 football games, despite £150m of Lottery funding being diverted from Scottish projects to help pay the £9.3bn cost of the Games. |
| He said: "In exactly the same way, when you're putting together a Commonwealth Games in Glasgow there are tranches of national funding available for that. | He said: "In exactly the same way, when you're putting together a Commonwealth Games in Glasgow there are tranches of national funding available for that. |
| "You wouldn't sensibly decide that you're going to move events from Glasgow to London. | "You wouldn't sensibly decide that you're going to move events from Glasgow to London. |
| "Logistically, the Games need to be compact." | "Logistically, the Games need to be compact." |
| Lord Coe said Scottish businesses were involved and that Glasgow's Hampden Park and 30 training camps would be used. | Lord Coe said Scottish businesses were involved and that Glasgow's Hampden Park and 30 training camps would be used. |
| He also entered the debate over the creation of a combined UK football team, an idea the football governing bodies of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are all opposed to. | He also entered the debate over the creation of a combined UK football team, an idea the football governing bodies of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are all opposed to. |
| "It is a formulation that, quite rightly, the British Olympic Association and the individual football associations are currently working on," he said. | "It is a formulation that, quite rightly, the British Olympic Association and the individual football associations are currently working on," he said. |
| "I hope it happens but I also realise it isn't for me or the organising committee to agree a format. | "I hope it happens but I also realise it isn't for me or the organising committee to agree a format. |
| "I've said I'd like to see it happen but it has to be on the basis that there's an agreed format." | "I've said I'd like to see it happen but it has to be on the basis that there's an agreed format." |
| Lottery money | |
| Scottish sports minister Stewart Maxwell said the cost of the London Olympics had risen "substantially" and Scotland was losing £150m of lottery funding to fill that "black hole" in funding. | |
| He said: "We have made it very clear that we think that £150m should be returned to Scotland. | |
| "It is lottery money which should go to good causes in Scotland and we don't believe it should fund the London Olympics. | |
| "We think that is an unfair charge on Scotland. We have made a case to the UK government in London and we are still awaiting a response." | |
| He added: "The big difference between the London Olympics and the Glasgow Commonwealth Games is that the Glasgow games are completely funded in Scotland. | |
| "The Scottish taxpayer, the government, the city council are all paying for that." | |
| "The London Olympics are not just being paid for by the UK government or the people of London, they are asking the people of Glasgow, Edinburgh, the Shetland Isles, Dundee, to contribute, not just through their taxes, but also losing lottery money as well." | |
| Mr Maxwell said that a Team GB in football could be "possibly fatal" to representation of Scotland on the world stage. |