Gianni Infantino is the new president of FIFA

Swiss-Italian Gianni Infantino on Friday, became the new President of the Federation International Football Association (FIFA), after polling 115 votes.

He succeeds fellow Swiss embattled Sepp Blatter, who is facing series of issues before the Ethics Committee of FIFA over corruption charges.

His closest opponent Sheikh Salman Bin Ibrahim al-Khalifa polled 88 votes, 27 less than that of the elected president.

This was after the election went into the second round after they both failed to secured the required votes in the first round.

In his acceptance speech, Infantino said, “I went through an exceptional journey, met many fantastic people who love football, who breathe football.

“I want to be the president of all of you, of all 209 nations. “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.”

Source: GNA