Gianni Infantino Succeeds Sepp Blatter As FIFA President(Photo)
Embattled FIFA President Sepp Blatter has been succeeded by Switzerland’s Gianni Infantino as Fifa president.
The Uefa secretary general polled 115 votes in round two, 27 more than closest rival Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa.
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.
Blatter, who led world football’s governing body since 1998, stood down last year and was later banned from football for six years.
Out with the old!!!
Congrats to Mr Infatino. Hope he does better for football than Blatter
Wish him successful terms.