Simon Clegg: "Are we building a stadium that can cater for all sports?"

Sports minister, Kate Hoey, announced she would scrap the design if given the chance and the British Olympic Association (BOA) said they were disappointed with the plans.

Hoey claims the new stadium is not representative of all sports and she believes flaws in the plans could cost Britain the chance to stage future Olympic Games.

The BOA say the stadium will be a football ground - not an all-inclusive sports venue

Speaking after details of the £475m plans for the stadium had been unveiled on Monday, Hoey said: "Football was determined to win the argument and it got its own way.

"It would be very difficult now to completely turn around the project. I can't start it all again but I would if I could - absolutely.

"If we want to bid for the 2012 Olympics I don't think the country's hands should be tied behind its back from the very beginning by having the wrong kind of stadium."

The concerns centre around the lack of a running track and although provision could be made to assemble one, it would dramatically reduce the ground's capacity.

Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live, the chief executive of the BOA, Simon Clegg, said: "I've got some serious concerns regarding the implication of building a platform [for the track] and how that will reduce the overall capacity to well below that which we will need for an Olympic Games.

"I think the question has to be asked: 'Are we building a national football stadium or are we building a national stadium which can cater for all sports and act as a centrepiece for attracting the world's greatest sporting event back to these shores- the Olympic Games?'

"We have to, I believe, show some long-term strategic thinking, as Paris has done with the Stade de France."