Switzerland’s Gianni Infantino has succeeded countryman Sepp Blatter as Fifa president.<\/p>\n
The Uefa secretary general polled 115 votes in round two, 27 more than closest rival Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa.<\/p>\n
Prince Ali bin al-Hussein was third with four, while Jerome Champagne failed to get any. Tokyo Sexwale withdrew before voting began in Zurich.<\/p>\n
The first round of voting had failed to determine an outright winner.<\/p>\n
“I accept the result of this election, thank you,” said Infantino.<\/p>\n
“I went through an exceptional journey, met many fantastic people who love football, who breathe football.<\/p>\n
“I want to be the president of all of you, of all 209 nations.<\/p>\n
“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.”<\/p>\n
A simple majority of more than 50 per cent – 104 votes – was sufficient for victory in the second round.<\/p>\n
Infantino is a 45-year-old lawyer from Brig in the Valais region of Switzerland, less than six miles from Blatter’s hometown of Visp.<\/p>\n
Blatter, who led world football’s governing body since 1998, stood down last year and was later banned from football for six years.<\/p>\n
–<\/p>\n
Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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