Gianni Infantino Re-elected FIFA president for 4-year term

Gianni Infantino was re-elected as president of the football governing body FIFA for a four-year term until 2023

The 49-year-old Swiss national was elected by acclamation as the sole candidate at the FIFA Congress in Paris

Infantino has served as president since his election in February 2016 to complete the term of his predecessor, Joseph Blatter, who is serving a six-year football ban

Infantino told the 211-member association before the vote that FIFA had come a long way since being embroiled in a series of corruption scandals that helped bring down Blatter in 2015

"The last three years and four months were of course not perfect, I have definitely made mistakes," he said

"I have tried to improve myself but today no one speaks about crises. No one speaks about scandals, no one speaks about corruption any more."