(Reuters) - Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa won a crucial political victory on Monday when an extraordinary congress held in Sao Paulo voted to merge the region's presidency with the FIFA vice-presidency.
Bahrain's Sheikh Salman won a lop-sided election last year to replace disgraced Qatari Mohamed Bin Hammam, who was banned for life by FIFA in 2011 for corruption, for a two-year term at the helm of the continent's governing body of the sport.
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