Zurich, Feb 26: Gianni Infantino of Switzerland became the new head of world football's governing body after emerging triumphant in the FIFA presidential elections here on Friday (February 26).
Infantino won 115 of the 207 votes in the second round of the elections. Shaikh Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa of Bahrain was second with 88 votes, and Prince Ali al-Hussein of Jordan got four votes. Jerome Champagne, the fourth candidate in the fray, did not get any votes in the second stage.
IANS