FILE PHOTO: A child plays in water near Olympic rings placed at Madureira Park ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 17, 2016. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - Greece, host of the first modern games in 1896, regained International Olympic Committee representation after four years on Wednesday when the head of its Olympic body Spyros Capralos was elected as one of 10 new members to the global organisation.
World soccer's governing body FIFA and world athletics' IAAF were again left out in the cold with neither FIFA President Gianni Infantino nor IAAF President Sebastian Coe on the list for a fourth straight year.
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