{"id":19683,"date":"2016-02-26T19:25:24","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T17:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/?p=19683"},"modified":"2016-02-26T19:43:30","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T17:43:30","slug":"infantino-voted-in-as-fifa-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/2016\/02\/26\/infantino-voted-in-as-fifa-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Infantino voted in as Fifa president"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gianni Infantino has won Fifa’s election for a new president, succeeding the disgraced Sepp Blatter.
\nUefa’s general secretary secured 115 votes in the second round of polls, beating off favourite Salman Bin Ibrahim al-Khalifa into second while Prince Ali bin Hussein finished third.
\nInfantino succeeds the dethroned Sepp Blatter, who was suspended from all football activities for eight years – later reduced to six – along with ex-Uefa president Michel Platini for corruption.
\n“Dear friends, I cannot express my feelings in this moment,” he said in his acceptance speech.
\n“I told you I went through a journey, an exceptional journey, a journey which made me meet many fantastic people, many people who love, live, breathe football every day.<\/p>\n

“We will restore the image and respect of Fifa.\u00a0 People will applaud us, applaud you for what we will do.<\/p>\n

“Everyone has to be proud of what we will do at Fifa. I want to thank you all, all 209 and the other candidates. Tokyo [Sexwale] decided four can win, one cannot win. We had a great competition, a great sign of democracy in Fifa.<\/p>\n

“I want to be president of all 209 [member federations]. I have travelled the globe and I will continue to do this. I want to work with all of you together in order to restore and rebuild a new Fifa where we can put again football at the centre of the stage.”<\/p>\n

Here are the full results from the second round<\/p>\n