No plans to cancel torch relay: Rogge

The Olympics is facing a crisis, but Beijing remains on track to stage a successful Games, the head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Jacques Rogge said yesterday.

"It is a crisis. There is no doubt about that," Rogge said at a joint conference held by the IOC and the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) in Beijing.

But there have been many crises over the years, such as the events in Munich in 1972 and the boycotts of the 1980 and 1984 Games, he said.