LAUSANNE, Switzerland : American football took the penultimate step needed before it can attempt to get onto the Olympic Games programme on Wednesday when it got the approval of the International Olympic Committee's powerful executive board.
"Full recognition of the IFAF is to be approved by the IOC session. It has fulfilled all necessary criteria to receive full recognition," IOC spokesperson Mark Adams said. "This proposal is a guarantee that IFAF’s strengthened statutes and operations meet the highest international standards," said IFAF President Pierre Trochet in a statement.
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