Sports Council

Sports Council
n
each of four British government organizations that aim to encourage sport in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. They advise the government on matters relating to sport, give money to sports organizations, local authorities and schools, and run Britain’s National Sports Centres, where the highest levels of training and equipment are available to national sports teams.

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