GIANNI INFANTINO EMERGED AS NEW FIFA PRESIDENT

FIFA have announced Gianni Infantino as the successor to Sepp Blatter, as the new president of world football’s governing body.

Infantino saw off President of the Asian Football Confederation Sheikh Salman, former FIFA executive Jerome Champagne of France and Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan.

Following a second round of voting, needing 104 votes to win, Infantino polled 115 and was named FIFA president until 2019 – the second successive Swiss president.