Sport England has agreed to give Crystal Palace a £5.5m injection of national lottery funding over the next two years to keep the National Sports Centre open and avoid damaging London's 2012 Olympic bid.
Bromley Council was to resume ownership of the south London complex when Sport England's 35-year lease ended last March but has continually warned that it cannot afford to maintain it or pay for its programme of modernisation.
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