FOUR sports venues in Glasgow have been accepted as training locations for the 2012 Olympics.

The National Indoor Sports Arena and Velodrome, Toryglen Regional Indoor Centre, Scotstoun Leisure Centre and the Palace of Art Centre for Sports Excellence at Bellahouston have all been recommended in the pre-Games training camp guide.

It will be released after the Beijing Olympics this summer and will promote the facilities around the world.

The locations were accepted after rigorous inspection by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games.

Councillor Archie Graham, Glasgow's Commonwealth Games spokesman, said it was a recognition of the "world-class facilities that any national team could use to prepare in the best possible way for the London Olympics".

He added: "Our demonstrated ability to meet the requirements of athletes, organise events of the highest quality and provide outstanding accommodation and catering as well as offering stunning cultural and social opportunities mark Glasgow out as a very attractive host city for the pre-2012 training camps.

"Our work for the 2014 Commonwealth Games means that our facilities will be absolutely state-of-the-art as the London Olympics approach."

The National Indoor Sports Arena and Velodrome can be used for basketball, track cycling, judo, table tennis, Taekwondo and wrestling; the Palace of Art for boxing, judo, table tennis, Taekwondo, weightlifting and wrestling; Scotstoun for athletics and badminton; and Toryglen for football.

In total, 28 sports facilities throughout Scotland appear on the guide. They include sailing at Cumbrae and the Scottish Sailing Institute at Largs, rowing at Strathclyde Country Park and athletics at Wishaw.

Sports Minister Stewart Maxwell said: "We'd be delighted to host some of the world's top athletes and I'm sure they will recognise what an attractive place Scotland is to come and train."

Derek Casey, interim chief executive of Glasgow 2014, said: "We welcome that so many facilities in Scotland have been recognised by London 2012."