Ahmad elected African football chief
Friday, March 17, 2017
New CAF president, Ahmad Ahmad flanked by BFA president, Maclean Letshwiti (right)
Ahmad, head of Madagascar’s football federation, won the election in the Ethiopian capital by 34 votes to Hayatou’s 20, official results showed.
Delegates cheered and pumped their fists in the plenary hall after the announcement of the result, which heralded the departure of the last of the old generation of leaders in world football.
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