Danny Jordaan won his quest for a place on the Confederation of African Football’s (CAF) executive committee after a convincing win as he emerged as one of the kingmakers on a day of upset results at the elections in Addis Ababa.
"After such a long time‚" Jordaan said after the election.
The South African Football Association president will serve for four years as one of the southern African members.
- Safa president Danny Jordaan finally wins a place on Caf’s top tableSouth African Football Association (Safa) president Danny Jordaan’s bid to win a seat on the all-powerful Confederation of African Football’s (Caf) executive committee has finally succeeded after years of trying.
He can now be considered a potential future candidate for the leadership of CAF after polling 35 votes to win the poll of three who were chasing two southern African places in the 15-man executive committee.
- Ahmad removes Hayatou from the CAF presidential seatMadagascan upstart Ahmad has managed what had seemed impossible for many years and beat Issa Hayatou to become the new Confederation of African Football (CAF) president on Thursday.
Rui das Costa of Angola was also elected with 25 votes‚ one more than Frans Mbidi of Namibia.
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