The story is totally irrelevant, the voting was conducted in a secret ballot under the rules of the IOC, absolutely properly, all votes were properly recorded.

If Alex is claiming that an unnamed member 'might' have done something which 'might' have brought about something else which 'might' have brought about a different voting structure, then I'm afraid that this is the kind of tittle- tattle that happens after many an IOC vote.

We are talking about a one-off Olympic football tournament for 2012 and I would hope they (the SFA) embrace the idea, and because it would help promote women's football too,

I do not believe this is helpful. Jacques Rogge [the IOC president] has said anti-doping is the most important problem facing Olympic sport. It would help if everybody spoke with one voice.

I know all the arguments about road cycling versus track cycling, which is restricted to fewer nations,

We want to be the top nation in Europe and I think the challenge is also to beat the Australians because they have invested heavily in sport.