Imagine Rory McIlroy and Stephanie Meadow teeing it up together for Ireland at the 2016 Olympics in Rio?

The International Olympic Committee has called a halt to the short-lived experiment of relaying the Olympic torch around the world.

The International Olympic Committee were today forced to address the “dark and sordid side of sport” as allegations of corruption, the potential expulsion of two members and the on-going doping debate made for an eventful first morning at the Executive Board meeting in Athens.