The Sport England Main Board, following the recommendations of the National Investment Panel, has approved £315m worth of funding on the basis of each sport meeting participation, success and modernisation targets. The investment spans grassroots to international elite performance and particularly focuses on developing a thriving infrastructure of clubs, coaches and volunteers.

Roger Draper, Chief Executive of Sport England, said: "Today's announcement is a huge boost for sport at all levels from grass roots to elite. This funding is fully matched to our reform agenda across the world of sport, which is critical not only to creating a more

active and successful sporting nation but also to ensuring that we produce a pipeline of talented athletes on the international stage.

"The timing of this investment is particularly important following our

recent international sporting successes and the London bid for the 2012 Olympic Games reaching such a crucial and exciting stage. "

Stephen Baddeley, former Commonwealth badminton Gold medallist and Sport England's Director of Sport, said: "The National Governing Bodies of sport are key partners in our drive to make England an active and successful sporting nation. This new simplified funding will empower these sporting bodies through reducing bureaucracy and

giving them greater responsibility for how they manage their funding.

We will continue to work in partnership with them to achieve our collective targets of increasing participation and success in sport."

The prioritised national investment into the Governing Bodies of Sport

is detailed below with one year (2005/6) and four-year funding totals:

Priority Sports:

2005/6 funding Totals:

Four Year Funding Totals:

* Athletics - £3,138, 572

* Badminton - £4,231,595 £16,012,215

* Canoeing - £2,150, 555 £7,988,055

* Cricket - £6,415,803 £18,368,448

* Cycling - £3,525,555 £13,413,055

* Equestrian - £1,035,000 £4,035,000

* Football - £22,731,275 £57,816,559

* Golf - £2,070,000 £9,332,500

* Gymnastics - £2,758,055 £8,505,555

* Hockey - £3,567,259 £11,136,477

* Judo - £1,962,332 £7,235,163 (v)

* Netball - £4,137,048 £13,546,477

* Rowing - £3,532,222 £13,419,722

* Rugby League - £3,240,557 £11,546,373

* Rugby Union - £6,319,443 £17,300,201

* Sailing - £2,630,000 £11,482,500

* Squash - £1,646,000 £7,397,500

* Swimming - £5,492,775 £17,873,116

* Tennis - £5,507,021 £16,480,767

* Triathlon - £876,000 £3,504,000

Development sports:

2005/6 funding Totals: Four Year Funding Totals:

* Angling - £135,000 £690,000

* Baseball/softball - £300,000 £1,200,000

* Basketball - £1,999,566 £5,062,010 (v)

* Boxing - £958,400 £4,271,100 (iii)

* Karate - £250,000 [No figure currently

available] (viii)

* Lacrosse - £287,333 £1,127,333

* Modern Pentathlon - £585,000 £2,340,000

* Mountaineering - £170,000 £680,000

* Movement and dance - £106,500 £400,500

* Orienteering - £420,000 £1,545,000

* Rounders - £100,000 £400,000

* Volleyball - £417,917 £1,467,917

Sport England also has a contingency of some £15 million for future funding commitments for the sports who meet their targets.

Sport England

Sport England is the strategic lead for Sport in England and invests Lottery and Exchequer funds into sport. Our aim is to encourage people of all ages to start, stay and succeed in sport at every level and make England the most active and successful sporting nation.

Sport England has nine Regional Sports Boards (RSBs), each made up of experts from areas such as business, local government, sport, health and education. The RSBs provide the strategic lead for sport in their regions and distribute investment for grassroots sport.

Sport England has invested more than £2bn of Lottery funds into sport across England and more than £300 million from the Exchequer.