Feb 26 2015
(Makes clear in headline that Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah is
honorary president)
Feb 26 (Reuters) – The Kuwait Football Association has
nominated Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah as a candidate to be
one of Asia’s three representatives on FIFA’s executive
committee, the KFA said on Thursday.
Elections will be held at the Asian Football Confederation
General Assembly in Bahrain in April.
Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah is honorary president of the
KFA and was elected as an International Olympic Committee member
in 1992.
“We strongly believe there is no better candidate to
represent Asia on the FIFA executive committee than Sheikh Ahmad
Al-Fahad Al-Sabah,” KFA secretary general Sahoo Al Sahoo said in
a statement.
“He has an unrivalled understanding of football — and sport
generally — in Asia and across the world through his positions
at the highest level of sport administration.”
(Reporting by Toby Davis, editing by Tony Jimenez)
((toby.davis@thomsonreuters.com)(+44 20 7542 7933)(Reuters
Messaging: toby.davis.reuters.com@reuters.net))
Keywords: SOCCER ASIA/KUWAIT FIFA
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