Simon Timson named UK Sport's new director of performance

Simon Timson, the current head of the England development programme and science and medicine at the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has been named the new director of performance of UK Sport.

Timson will be tasked with the role of shaping the future of the UK's high performance system to sustain British Olympic and Paralympic success in Sochi 2014, Rio 2016 and beyond.

Baroness Sue Campbell, chair of UK Sport, said: "London 2012 was a huge milestone on this incredible journey that British high performance sport is on, and in Simon, we believe we have found the perfect person to build on this success and deliver a meaningful legacy for our future elite athletes."