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Irish FA chief elected FIFA vice-president at UEFA Congress Tuesday, 20 April 2021
Irish Football Association (IFA) President David Martin has been elected to the FIFA vice-president role reserved for one of the four British associations at the UEFA Congress in Montreux.
Martin earned 48 votes to see off competition from Welsh Football Association President Kieran O Connor and Scottish FA vice-president Mike Mulraney for the position, which carries a $250,000 (£179,000/€207,000) annual salary.
Italy s Evelina Christillin was re-elected as UEFA s female representative on FIFA s ruling Council after beating former Wales captain Laura McAllister by 33 votes to 22.
Paris Saint-Germain President Nasser Al-Khelaifi and Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge - whose clubs have so far refused to join the breakaway The Super League competition - will serve as European Club Association (ECA) representatives on the UEFA Executive Committee until 2024.
El Congreso de la UEFA condena enérgicamente los planes de escisión de la Superliga notimerica.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from notimerica.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The former Wales sweeper aiming to be Fifa s new broom
City AM 1 hour ago Frank Dalleres
Wales have come to be a force to be reckoned with in international football.
Their men’s team, led by galactico Gareth Bale, have qualified for successive European Championships for the first time, while their women have also continued their steady rise up Fifa’s world rankings.
Now Welshwoman Laura McAllister is aiming to make a similar impact, only away from the pitch in the game’s corridors of power.
McAllister, a former captain of Wales women turned professor of politics and sports governance professional, is standing for election to the Fifa Council, arguably football’s highest decision-making body.
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