Shot Across The Bows

Olympic President, Jacques Rogge, has fired a warning shot across the bows of the five cities bidding for the 2012 Olympic Games.

He issued a statement at the Berlin Intercontinental Hotel, where the final presentations for the 2012 Games are being made, saying:

"We do not want a kind of bidding war in the final few days. This would not be good for the Olympic movement,".

Adding:

"But remember where we (IOC) come from and where we never want to go back. I want a fair system for candidate cities and I want a fair system for the IOC".