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Infantino elected as new FIFA President

Xinhua, February 27, 2016 Adjust font size:

UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino won the presidential vote of FIFA on Friday here.

The Swiss won 115 of the 207 eligible votes in the second round, beating Sheikh Salman of Bahrain who received 88 votes.

Prince Ali of Jordan had four, and Jerome Champagne of France got zero.

Infantino, 45, replaced 79-year-old Sepp Blatter, who is also from Switzerland, as the new leader of the world football governing body. Endit