Sheikh Salman elected AFC president

Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa of Bahrain has been elected president of the Asian Football Confederation, the governing body confirmed. He beat Yousuf Al Serkal of the United Arab Emirates and Thai Worawi Makudi in Thursday's vote in Kuala Lumpur, and becomes the successor to the disgraced Qatari Mohamed Bin Hammam, who was banned from football for life by FIFA in 2011.

Sheikh Salman received 33 of the 46 votes to sweep to victory ahead of Thailand's Worawi Makudi (7 votes) and Yousuf Al Serkal of the UAE (6 votes).  Sheikh Salman will serve a two-year term until the next AFC Congress in 2015.