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Sir John, who introduced National Lottery funding for athletes in the mid-Nineties, said the Government was diverting a "good deal" of Lottery money into other projects.

"Those expenditures are worthwhile but they were not what the Lottery was intended for," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

"And we're seeing that organisations like Sport England are having cuts in their budgets. If that were to be a continuing position, it would severely damage the future facilities that could be made available."

His remarks came amid fresh warnings from the British Olympic Association that the credit crunch has made it difficult to raise a target of £100 million from the private sector by 2012. Sports bodies are asking ministers to underwrite the money in time for a UK Sport board meeting in October.

Sir John said sport funding had to be maintained by future governments. "Without the facilities at local level for young people, they're not going to be drawn into the sport," he said.