Posted February 26, 20169 yr From BBC Sport Gianni Infantino has succeeded fellow Swiss Sepp Blatter as president of world football's governing body Fifa. The Uefa secretary general polled 115 votes, 27 more than closest rival Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa. Blatter, who had led Fifa since 1998, stood down last year and was later suspended from football for six years for breaching ethics guidelines. Infantino is a 45-year-old lawyer from Brig in the Valais region of Switzerland, less than six miles from Blatter's home town of Visp. He entered the presidential race when it became clear that Michael Platini, boss of European football's governing body Uefa, could not stand. The election was due to be fought between five candidates, but South African Tokyo Sexwale withdrew before voting began in Zurich. The first round of voting failed to determine an outright winner, though Infantino led with 88, three more than pre-vote favourite Sheikh Salman. A simple majority of more than 50% - 104 of 207 available votes - was sufficient for victory in round two. Not since 1974, when Joao Havelange of Brazil beat 13-year incumbent Stanley Rous of England, has a second round been needed. What do you make of this?
February 27, 20169 yr It depends what he does now doesn't it? If he re-opens the 2022 bid then I may start to like this decision.
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