Gulf Times
Asian Football Confederation president Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim al-Khalifah will face two challengers when he seeks a fresh term at an election in April, the football body said yesterday. Qatar’s Saoud al-Mohannadi, an AFC vice president, and AFC executive committee member Mohamed Khalfan Matar Saeed al-Romaithi of the United Arab Emirates are standing against Sheikh Salman, the body said. Saudi Arabia’s Adel Ezzat — head of a new regional bloc, the South West Asian Football Federation — did not throw his hat into the ring, as had been widely expected. Anyone taking on Sheikh Salman, who is seeking a new, four-year term, faces a tough task. The Bahraini has held the top job at the AFC since 2013, and said at a congress in Kuala Lumpur in October that he had the support of 9