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.
Prince Ali bin al-Hussein (four votes) and Jerome Champagne (0) were
third and fourth respectively.
SOURCE:-Oluniyi Hisamotu | Topup9ja Staff
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.
"I will work tirelessly to bring football back to Fifa and Fifa back
to football," he said. "This is what we want to do."
He added: "I feel a lot of emotion and have not realised yet what has
happened today.
"It is still very fresh and it's been a long and exciting journey and
I probably need some time to chill out and see what has happened."
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.
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