Manchester United
director David Gill has been elected as Britain's FIFA vice-president.
Gill, who is also vice-chairman of the Football Association,
will succeed Northern Ireland's Jim Boyce in May and will have a four-year term
on FIFA's executive committee.
The 57-year-old beat Football Association of Wales'
president Trefor Lloyd Hughes by 43 votes to 10 in the election by UEFA's 54
member nations at their congress in Vienna.
FA chairman Greg Dyke has said he wants Gill, who stood down as United's chief executive in 2013,
to be part of the "awkward squad" on FIFA asking tough questions and
keeping an eye on financial decisions.
Earlier, Lloyd Hughes and Scottish FA president Campbell
Ogilivie failed in their attempt to be elected to UEFA's executive committee.
They were among 12 candidates for seven seats - in the second round of voting
Lloyd Hughes secured only a single one of the possible 54 votes.
The new names on UEFA's executive committee include the
former Croatia and Arsenal striker Davor Suker, and
Boris Mikhailov, the former Reading and Bulgaria
goalkeeper who was renowned for wearing a wig even in matches.
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