Gianni Infantino was elected president of FIFA, putting him at the top of soccer’s global governing body as it tries to emerge from a sweeping corruption scandal.<br />European soccer’s top administrator got 115 votes in the second round of balloting at Zurich’s Hallenstadion, beating Bahrain’s Sheikh Salman al Khalifa.<br />The first new president since Joseph ‘Sepp’ Blatter took office in 1988, Infantino will help set priorities for one of sport’s most powerful bodies and oversee the World Cup.<br />He takes office immediately.
