[ 2016-02-26 ]

Gianni Infantino is the new president of FIFA
Accra, Feb. 26, GNA - Swiss-Italian Gianni
Infantino on Friday, became the new President of
the Federation International Football Association
(FIFA), after polling 115 votes.

He succeeds fellow Swiss embattled Sepp Blatter,
who is facing series of issues before the Ethics
Committee of FIFA over corruption charges.

His closest opponent Sheikh Salman Bin Ibrahim
al-Khalifa polled 88 votes, 27 less than that of
the elected president.

This was after the election went into the second
round after they both failed to secured the
required votes in the first round.

In his acceptance speech, Infantino said, "I went
through an exceptional journey, met many fantastic
people who love football, who breathe football.

"I want to be the president of all of you, of all
209 nations.”I want to work with all of you to
work together and build a new era where we can put
football at the centre of the stage."

Source - GNA

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