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Infantino re-elected FIFA president unopposed

FIFA President Gianni Infantino gestures as he delivers a speech at the 69th FIFA Congress at Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles in Paris on June 5, 2019. [AFP]

Gianni Infantino was re-elected FIFA president unopposed at the congress of world football's governing body in Paris on Wednesday as he claimed to have turned the organisation from being "toxic and almost criminal" back to its core values.

Infantino's re-election was marked by a round of applause from the congress after the statutes were changed earlier in the day to no longer require a vote if there was only one candidate for the position.

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