Rogge re-elected as IOC president

COPENHAGEN: The International Olympic Committee on Friday re-elected Belgian Jacques Rogge as president for a new four-year term with 88 votes in favor, one against and three abstentions.

No alternative candidate stood in the secret ballot. Rogge, 67, 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.

New rules allowed the former Olympic yachtsman and Belgian rugby union international to stand for a final four-year mandate.