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Aberdeen and the Robert Gordon universities and Aberdeen College are joining forces with Aberdeen Football Club, local councils and Grampian Institute of Sport to turn the city into a centre of sporting excellence.

The partners are drawing up a bid to the Scottish Executive and Sportscotland for new facilities to encourage people of all ages and abilities get involved in sport. Alan Fulton of Aberdeen City Council said:

"We want to make it easier for people to be physically active and simpler for those with talent to achieve."