Pat Hickey, president of the Irish Olympic Committee who stepped side temporarily yesterday, was described recently as “Teflon Man” but he will need the slipperiness of an eel to slide out of his latest brush with controversy.

Katie Taylor returned to winning ways, progressing to a bronze medal bout at the European Games in Baku yesterday.

THE Irish Sports Council (ISC) and the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) appear to be on a collision course over the Beijing Review which is already under way.

IRELAND may not have their biggest representation at next year’s Olympic Games in Beijing but it will be the best prepared and most qualified team to compete at that level.