International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge has conceded some Olympic endurance events could be affected by pollution in Beijing.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge believes there will always be a doping problem but claims great advances have been made to stamp out cheating in sport.

The Olympics’ top medical guru has praised weightlifting’s attempts to stamp out the drug cheats.

THE medical director of the International Olympic Committee has poured cold water on a potential defence by Ireland and Munster hooker Frankie Sheahan that excess levels of the banned drug salbutamol was caused by stress and dehydration.

The International Olympic Committee are to stick with a combined blood and urine EPO test at the Winter Olympics instead of using a French method requiring only urine.