Gianni Infantino has been named as Fifa’s new president after gaining a majority vote at Fifa’s extraordinary congress on Friday. He succeeds the recently-resigned Sepp Blatter to become the first new leader of Fifa for almost 20 years. Blatter, 79, had been in charge of football’s governing body since 1998 but decided to stand down amid a corruption crisis. And 207 delegates from around the world gathered in Zurich to vote for his successor. Infantino, 45, beat off competition from Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa, Prince Ali bin al- Hussein, Tokyo Sexwale and Jerome Champagne. The Swiss has been the general secretary of Uefa since 2009, and regularly headed up the Uefa Champions League and Europa League draws. First round voting results 88: Infantino 85: Sheikh Salman 27: Prince Ali 7: Champagne French candidate Jerome Champagne was eliminated from the first round of voting after only acquiring seven votes, while took a three-vote lead after earning 88...