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VOULIAGMENI, Greece -- Greece striker Kostas Mitroglou kept his place in the countrys World Cup squad on Monday despite three forwards being dropped from the preliminary lineup. Marqise Lee Jersey . Greece coach Fernando Santos announced the final 23-man squad and said he believes the 26-year-old Mitroglou will be ready for Brazil despite his lack of game time since moving to England at the start of the year to join now-relegated Premier League side Fulham. "I wasnt 100 per cent about some of the call-ups until a few weeks ago. Mitroglou was one of those cases," Santos said. "We watched the last 30 minutes of his game, and we paid a lot of attention -- and we judged him to be ready ... were looking at playing ability and physical condition: People who are safe choices." Mitroglou joined teammates later Monday at the national teams opening training session at seaside facility near Athens. At the World Cup, Greece will face Colombia, Japan and Ivory Coast in Group C. Despite Greeces fast opponents, the Portuguese coach opted for more experienced players, including 2004 European Championship winners Costas Katsouranis and captain Giorgos Karagounis. Three strikers were dropped from preliminary lineup: Dimitris Papadopoulos of Atromitos, Stefanos Athanasiadis of PAOK and Nikolaos Karelis of Panathinaikos. Defenders Kyriakos Papadopoulos and Dimitris Siovas also failed to make the squad due to persistent injury troubles. "I was sorry not to include players that helped us in qualification, like (midfielder) Sotiris Ninis and Siovas," Santos said. "But the national team is above players and above the coach. We must use the safest choices." Santos said he had identified "strengths and weaknesses" in all three group opponents, but did not elaborate. Greece will play friendlies against Portugal, Nigeria and Bolivia before travelling to Brazil. ------ Squad: Goalkeepers: Orestis Karnezis (Granada), Panagiotis Glykos (PAOK), Stefanos Kapino (Panathinaikos) Defenders: Vassilis Torosidis (Roma), Loukas Vyntra (Levante), Sokratis Papastathopoulos (Borussia Dortmund), Costas Manolas (Olympiakos), Vangelis Moras (Hellas Verona), Jose Holebas (Olympiakos), Giorgos Tzavellas (PAOK), Yiannis Maniatis (Olympiakos) Midfielders: Alexandros Tziolis (Kayserispor), Costas Katsouranis (PAOK), Giorgos Karagounis (Fulham), Andreas Samaris (Olympiakos), Panagiotis Tachtsidis (Torino), Panagiotis Kone (Bologna), Yiannis Fetfatzidis (Genoa), Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (Bologna) Forwards: Georgios Samaras (Celtic), Kostas Mitroglou (Fulham), Fanis Gekas (Konyaspor), Dimitris Salpingidis (PAOK) T.J. Yeldon Jersey . The Professional Referee Organization, which manages game officials for the U.S. Soccer Federation and MLS, notified the Professional Soccer Referee Association of the lockout and said replacement officials will be used. Mychal Rivera Jersey . -- Washington Redskins linebacker Brian Orakpo is going to the Pro Bowl as a replacement for San Francisco 49ers linebacker Ahmad Brooks.Six representatives of Scotlands 42 clubs have been elected to sit on the SPFL board for the next year. At the Annual General Meeting, three representatives from Ladbrokes Premiership teams were elected alongside two from the Ladbrokes Championship and one covering Ladbrokes League 1 and 2.Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell, Ann Budge, chairwoman of Hearts, and Partick Thistle managing director Ian Maxwell will represent the top flight while Hibernian chief executive Leeann Dempster and Raith Rovers director Eric Drysdale wlll serve on the board for the Championship. All three Premiership members are new to the board alongside Ms Dempster. Celtic already had financial director Eric Riley on the board but he is now replaced by Lawwell.Brechin City chairman Ken Ferguson will represent the lower leagues and the six are joined on the board for 2016/17 by SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster, SPFL chairman Ralph Topping and independent non-executive director Karyn McCluskey. Neil Doncaster, remains part of SPFL board for the 2016/17 campaign Speaking to Sky Sports Scotland after the Hampden meeting, Ann Budge said: One of the challenges facing lots of clubs is how do you attract people back to watching football.Attendances is clearly a big issue, but that said, attendances are up, so we need to build on the positives and I think there is not enouugh recognition of some of the good that all of these clubs are doing in their communities. Lerentee McCray Jersey. Hearts owner Ann Budge keen to attract more fans to the game in Scotland We really need to help people understand and not just focus on things when something may go wrong. What is Scottish football bringing to this country? I think it brings a lot and we dont always convey that as well as we should.Leeann Dempster, who joined Hibs from a similar role with Scottish Premiership side Motherwell in April 2014, said: You have never heard me talk Scottish football down. Leeann Dempster (left) joins SPFL board for the forthcoming season I think it is improving all the time and for us it is about growing the game in lots of different ways and I want to be part of that. I am very committed to communities and getting people involved in the game and that is a different aspect that the board could benefit from. 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