Gianni Infantino was unopposed in the election and remains head of world football’s governing body. (Photo: AFP)
KIGALI: Gianni Infantino has been re-elected as president of Fifa until 2027 after standing unopposed at the congress of world football’s governing body on Thursday.
The 52-year-old Swiss lawyer, who succeeded the disgraced Sepp Blatter in 2016, was waved in for a third term by acclamation, just as he was four years ago, by delegates from the 211 member federations.
“I love you all,” Infantino told delegates in the Rwandan capital, where the voting system did not register the number of dissident voices.
While Fifa statutes currently limit a president to a maximum of three four-year terms, Infantino has already prepared…
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