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Fears of SNP plans to abolish sportscotland

Pre-election pledge to cut back on quangos could force radical overhaul of funding

THE SNP has been warned its plans to abolish sportscotland, the country's national sports agency, could undermine support for sport in the crucial build-up to the London Olympics in 2012 and a potential Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014.