Hammam demands inquiry into Asian election

In the first challenge to his FIFA post in 13 years, the 60-year-old Qatari beat Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa of Bahrain 23-21 in a ballot of Asian Football Confederation (AFC) members to retain the seat having said he would step down as AFC president if defeated.

The election campaign was marked by name-calling and accusations of dirty tricks, with FIFA vice-president Chung Mong-joon saying Bin Hammam had mental problems.

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