10 October,2009 07:04 AM IST | | AFP
Jacques Rogge was re-elected president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) yesterday as golf and rugby union sevens were included as sports at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Rogge held onto his position for a new four-year term, taking 88 votes in favour, one against and three abstentions.
The 67-year-old Belgian was first elected for eight years in 2001 in Moscow and will now be in place through the 2012 London Olympics before stepping down a year later.
IOC members rubber-stamped golf and rugby sevens as Olympic sports at a congress here after the executive board had voted to include them at a meeting in August.
Rugby sevens received 81 votes for and eight against with one abstention, while golf had 63 for and 27 against with two members abstaining.
The two sports will be included in the programme for the 2016 Rio Games, bringing the number of sports there to the IOC's stated maximum of 28.
Rugby sevens will see 12 teams each in men's and women's competition.
