Tottenham's controversial bid to take over the Olympic Stadium continues to attract its detractors, this time International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge revealed he was against its demolition. Rogge wants London 2012 bosses to keep their promise to ensure an athletics track remains at the arena after the Games.
Spurs had proposed to drop the stadium and replace it with a 60,000-capacity purpose-built football ground.
Crystal Palace athletics stadium would be adapted into a 25,000-seater venue with the ability to be increased to 40,000.
However, bid rivals West Ham have promised to retain the stadium itself and reduce capacity to 60,000.
London 2012 chief Lord Coe, UK Athletics and the British Olympic The influential Rogge told the Evening Standard the IOC had "always been keen on a scheme whereby a running track would be retained".
He added: "I don't think there is a lack of will and commitment on the side of Sebastian Coe...
"I think (Coe) will fight for that. I think he will be successful and we support that.
"There will be a track either here or there and we would prefer to have one in the Olympic Stadium."
And it does not get any easier for Spurs with claims the North London club would have change their name if they move from White Hart Lane to Stratford.
Leading intellectual property lawyer Alexander Carter-Silk, of law firm Speechly Bircham, said: "It is our view that the club's exclusive right to use the name Tottenham Hotspur would be open to legal challenge if the club continued to use the Tottenham reference when it ceased to have any direct reference with the locality."
