BOA fuming at funding cuts for minority sports

LONDON: The British Olympic Association (BOA) accused the government of turning its back on less popular sports on Wednesday when a breakdown of funding for sports in the run-up to the 2012 Olympics was published.

Sports such as fencing, handball, shooting, table tennis and volleyball have still not been told how much funding they will receive up to the London Games, although UK Sport, responsible for allocating the money, said all would receive basic funding.

UK Sport also confirmed the target of finishing fourth in the Olympics medals table in London was unchanged but the BOA says the government has failed to honour its promise of funding to all sports and producing medal winners in four years.