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Asia chief hails Blatter re-election as FIFA head

Yahoo! Sports | May 30, 2015

Related Topics: FIFA, Asian Football Confederation, FIFA World Cup, Australia national soccer team, House of Khalifa

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asia football chief Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa congratulated FIFA president Sepp Blatter on his re-election for a fifth term -- a victory the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) played a major role in delivering.

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The AFC leadership's staunch support for Blatter was reiterated on the eve of the contest by Al Khalifa's patron, Olympic Council of Asia chief Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, despite the only other candidate being from Jordan.

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