But matters outside the ropes got so bad UK Sport was forced to take emergency control of the Sheffield-based elite programme in late June.

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Williams, 45, who is former head coach of London Scottish and kicking coach at London Wasps, will manage the club's elite player programme.

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Beijing bronze medallist Tony Jeffries also criticised the organisation after signing pro forms with Dennis Hobson last week, although ABA chief executive Paul King said it "has no responsibility for the elite boxing programme".

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Funding has, for example, been provided to Senegal for a training programme targeted at medical and paramedical personnel, former elite athletes, and managers of sports federations to become anti-doping focal points.

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George Soros's Open Society programme offers one modest solution: it tops up the pay of a small group of elite public-sector workers who have returned to countries in Central and Eastern Europe after being educated abroad.

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