Rugby media row kicks Olympic competition into touch

Any remote chance that there may have been of rugby sevens competition being staged at Twickenham in 2012 as part of the London Olympics may have been scuppered by the International Rugby Board's world cup media dispute. Kevan Gosper, chairman of the International Olympic Committee's press commission, told The Australian: "This is not the way to behave if you want to be an Olympic sport". He also sought reassure the world's press that the IOC had no plans to restrict press or photographic freedom beyond traditional boundaries in Beijing next year. (Via Sports Journalists' Association)