Swiss-Italian Gianni Infantino is elected new Fifa president

Europe’s Gianni Infantino on Friday won the presidency of Fifa with a convincing win over Asian rival Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa and vowed to lead the scandal tainted body into a new era. The 45-year-old Swiss-Italian general secretary of UEFA got 115 votes in the second round of the election held at the Fifa Congress while the Asian Football Confederation president got 88.

Mr Infantino takes over the 209-member, multi-billion dollar body from Sepp Blatter with world football’s image at an all-time low.

Mr Blatter has been banned from football for six years and US and Swiss authorities have launched major corruption investigations into Fifa and other football federations.