1 | International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach speaks during the 128th IOC session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Monday, Aug. 3, 2015. |
2 | FIFA President Sepp Blatter is relinquishing his position on the IOC. |
3 | Blatter, beset by a corruption scandal at FIFA, was among a group of IOC members up for re-election for another eight-year term on Monday. |
4 | But Bach says Blatter informed him by letter on July 23 that he would not stand again. |
5 | FIFA president Sepp Blatter's term as an International Olympic Committee member ended Monday when he did not seek re-election. |
6 | Blatter was among a group of IOC members up for re-election for another eight-year term. |
7 | But IOC President Thomas Bach said Blatter informed him by letter on July 23 that he would not stand again. |
8 | Blatter, beset by a corruption scandal at FIFA, is due to be replaced as FIFA president in an election on Feb. 26. |
9 | "He does not deem it to be appropriate to stand for re-election for eight years knowing that after seven months his term would come to an end," Bach said on the final day of the IOC's general assembly in Kuala Lumpur. |
10 | Blatter, an IOC member since 1999, would have had to retire from his IOC term next year anyway because he turns 80 in March. |
11 | The IOC confirmed that Blatter's membership ended on Monday. |
12 | Elsewhere, 14 other IOC members were re-elected for eight-year terms, while Gunilla Lindberg of Sweden was re-elected to another four-year term on the IOC's executive board. |
13 | Two new members were elected Monday to the IOC: Nenad Lalovic of Serbia, head of wrestling's world governing body, and Diagna Ndiaye, president of Senegal's national Olympic committee. |