SPORTS REPORTER

Bangladesh Football Federation executive committee member Mahfuza Akhter Kiran retained her post in the AFC executive committee but lost her post as a member of the FIFA Council during the 33rd AFC Congress in Manama yesterday.

The incumbent AFC president was the lone candidate in the AFC electoral congress, where six FIFA Council members, including one female office bearer, were also elected.

Kiran, who had become a FIFA Council member in 2017, was elected unopposed as one of five AFC executive female members from the South zone while Kanya Keomany of Loas was elected unopposed as one of the five from the ASEAN zone.

In a two-way battle for the post as a member of the FIFA Council, Keomany bagged 36 votes to Kiran’s seven.

Meanwhile, Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa was re-elected AFC president for a third consecutive term.

The AFC Congress also awarded the hosting rights of 2027 Asian Cup to Saudi Arabia.