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Asian congress scrapped after 20 minutes in FIFA protest

<p>An Asian football congress was scrapped after just 20 minutes yesterday as members rejected its agenda in protest at FIFA barring a candidate from elections to its new council</p>

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Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim

Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim

Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim
Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim

Panaji: An Asian football congress was scrapped after just 20 minutes yesterday as members rejected its agenda in protest at FIFA barring a candidate from elections to its new council. Asian Football Confederation (AFC) delegates flew from all over the region here to elect three new members to the FIFA Council, only for the meeting to be declared closed when it had barely got underway.

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