Infantino succeeded fellow Swiss Blatter when he became president of football’s global governing body in February 2016 and was re-elected for a second term last June. “I’m very happy to elected onto the IOC,” Infantino said. Of the 79 IOC members entitled to vote, the 49-year-old received 63 votes. IOC president Thomas Bach had already signalled because of “the risk of a conflict of interest,” Coe would not stand. “The door remains open for Sebastian Coe to join the IOC in Tokyo,” Bach said.

Source: Punch January 10, 2020 16:52 UTC