Around two-thirds of Britons oppose the use of public funds to support professional football (67%) and rugby clubs (66%) on the brink of administration.
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Russian President Vladimir Putins is starting to have a certain degree of recognition in Britain with nearly half (45%) able to name him as the Russian President, and most prominent spontaneous impressions of him are that he is a "good leader" and "good for Russia". These are the findings of new research from MORI, commissioned by the Russian Information Agency NOVOSTI ahead of Putin's visit to the UK later this month.
Two in five gardeners (38%) say they would do more to encourage wildlife if they had more information, according to a new survey from the MORI Social Research Institute.
Residents of cities due to host, or potentially bidding to host, the Olympic Games are in favour of the event. New research by MORI for SportAccord shows a majority of the people whose lives will be affected the most support holding the biggest international sporting event in their hometown.
The nation's interest in sport — and its viewing of sport on TV — are generally on the decline, according to MORI's latest SportsTracker survey. Since the last survey in 1996, only swimming has seen a significant rise in public interest, while football is the one sport with a greater TV following. Swimming continues to be the most popular participation sport, with one in five Britons taking regularly to the pool.
Commissioned by ABTA (Association of British Travel Agents), MORI researched attitudes among British package holiday makers towards travel and holidays, favourite destinations and ways of finding out information and booking holidays and flights.
Two-fifths of British adults (40%) say they would vote in a referendum for the Elgin/Parthenon Marbles to be returned to Greece and 16% say they would vote to keep them in Britain...
The F.A. has published MORI's 'State of the Nation' survey of English football. The survey is the largest of its kind ever undertaken in this country, exploring the key issues facing the sport in 2002 and how they might be addressed.
Only one in three people in Britain (37%) feel cultural events are designed with them in mind, according to a survey by MORI. The project was commission by Cardiff 2008, the team leading the city's bid to be the European Capital of Culture in 2008.
