There are only two sports that are in need of a radical overhaul ahead of the London 2012 Olympic games.

UK Sport has rated handball and sitting volleyball as ‘red’ in its latest Mission 2012 update which was published last week. Any sport receiving ‘red’ status suggests significant change is needed within the sport if performance is to be maximized ahead of the home games.

Handball’s status is partly result of the sport being placed on the basic London funding cycle, while the British Handball Association’s (BHA) submission also highlighted the lack of suitable training and competition venues.

BHA chair, John Brewer, said: "We’re not surprised that we got a red rating, given the cut in funding at the start of the year which resulted in us having to shelve the centralised training programme in Denmark.

"BHA remains fully committed to entering both men's and women's teams in the 2012 Olympics."

UK Sport's Mission 2012 requires sports to assess their activities across three core areas – athletes, system and climate.

A traffic light rating is applied to each area along with their performance on an international level. This analysis takes place three times a year in the build up to the London 2012 games, the results are then recorded by two panels, one each for Olympic and Paralympic sports.

John Steele, UK Sport’s chief executive said “By the end of the month there will only be three years to go until the London games and I think we can be satisfied with where we’re at.

"Our sports and athletes have now re-focused after Beijing and it has been very refreshing over the past month or so not only to see our summer olympians and paralympians back in action but competing well against international opposition.”

“Mission 2012 provides an invaluable snapshot of how each sport is performing in all aspects of their operations.

"It allows sports to identify any particular challenges and issues they are facing which in turn provides us with the opportunity to provide or help solutions before they take hold. This is key as time is flying by and London will be here before we know it so any barriers to optimum performance must be removed.”