Asian football crisis as controversial chief gets new term
Sheikh Salman Ibrahim Al-Khalifa’s renewed position at the Asian Football Confederation has drawn criticism. – AFP pic, April 6, 2019
ASIA’S football chief and Fifa’s second-in-command Sheikh Salman Ebrahim al Khalifa received a fresh, four-year term today, triggering complaints from campaigners who said regional soccer was in “crisis” over human rights. The Bahraini royal, who was standing unopposed for the second straight occasion, was elected in his absence at the Asian Football Confederation Congress in Kuala Lumpur, which he skipped following the death of his mother on Wednesday.
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