Asian soccer body scraps 12
Time:2024-05-17 07:18:06 Source:entertainmentViews(143)
Asian soccer leaders can have unlimited years in power after their governing body voted to scrap a key pillar of reforms passed after the corruption crisis that rocked FIFA in 2015.
Saudi Arabia and Qatar were among four of the 47 Asian Football Confederation members who put the proposal to their annual congress in Bangkok on Thursday. Only Australia and Jordan voted “No.”
The vote win lets AFC president Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa seek re-election in 2027 when he had been due to step down after 14 years in office.
Ahead of the vote, the Bahraini royal family member told members of the AFC’s wish to be “a model confederation” in world soccer aligned with FIFA.
Presidential term limits have been pushed in two waves of governance reforms at FIFA in response to bribery and corruption scandals in 2011 and 2015 — Asian soccer was linked to both.
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