THE Irish Sports Council (ISC) is pressing ahead with its Beijing review without the involvement of the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI), an ISC spokesman confirmed last night.

THE Olympic Council of Ireland will not be co-operating with the Irish Sports Council in the Beijing Report, Hon General Secretary, Dermot Sherlock, confirmed at last night’s EGM held in Croke Park.

THE ‘Waterford Crystal’ doping scandal which cost Cian O’Connor his Olympic gold medal was referred to by the Hon General Secretary of the Olympic Council of Ireland, Dermot Sherlock, who told delegates at last night’s EGM that they should learn from the debacle and be better prepared in the approach to the Beijing Games.

OUTGOING president Pat Hickey is poised to lead the Olympic Council of Ireland through the Beijing Quadrennial and beyond as he is unopposed at next month’s AGM.

THE infamous gear row which raged throughout two Olympic Games and kept Irish athletes out of the last European Youth Olympics could be resolved over the coming months.