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MEET THE NEW FIFA PRESIDENT-GIANNI INFANTINO

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With a simple majority of votes in second ballot, Swiss general secretary
of the European soccer body UEFA, Gianni Infantino has been elected FIFA
President until 2019. Infantino polled 115 votes in the second round of
balloting to win ahead of favourite Sheikh Salman Ibrahim bin Al-Khalifa who
polled 88 votes, Prince Ali Ibn Hussein who got 4 votes and Jérôme Champagne
who got none.

The second round of voting followed the tough first balloting which failed
to produce a clear winner as none of the candidates received the required
two-thirds of the 207 votes cast.
Infantino received 88 votes in that round while Asian Football Confederation
president, Sheikh bin Al 
Khalifa took 85 votes, Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of
Jordan got 27 votes and France’s Jerome Champagne picked up seven votes.
The fifth man for the race, South Africa’s Tokyo Sexwale pulled out before
voting started, realizing that it was a futile effort after failing to secure
the backing of the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) which chose to vote
for Ibn Al-Khalifa with the strong recommendation of then acting FIFA president
and CAF president, Issa Hayatou.
The world football governing body now moves into a new era with the hope
that things would get better for the round leather game worldwide.
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