BEIJING: Olympic chiefs will this week discuss scrapping international torch relays for future Games, following protests that have disrupted the run-up to the Beijing event, officials said.

The International Olympic Committee executive board will review the future of international legs of the torch relays at its three-day meeting in Beijing, Kevan Gosper, a member of the board, told reporters.

Asked whether planning for future torch relays would come up, Gosper said: "I would expect that the executive committee will review that."