Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has been awarded the prestigious AFC Diamond of Asia in recognition of his contributions spanning more than three decades to the game in the continent.<br /><br />The Asian football's highest individual accolade was presented to the Malaysian king by AFC president Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa at Istana Negara on Thursday.<br /><br />The Agong and his father Sultan Ahmad Shah Al-Musta'in Billah are the only father and son duo to be bestowed the accolade in Asian football history.
