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Article: Hammam wins election to retain FIFA seat
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- May 8, 2009
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Mohamed Bin Hammam won the vote to retain his seat on FIFA's executive committee by just two votes on Friday, defeating challenger Sheik Salman bin Ebrahim Al-Khalifa at the Asian Football Confederation Congress.
After two ballots were deemed spoiled and inadmissible, the 46 nation AFC Congress voted in favor of the AFC president 23 votes to 21 against his Bahraini opponent.
"You have really shown the world the meaning of democracy," Hammam said.
"It was really a close competition. To those who supported me, I promise I will do more than I have done," he said. "To those who didn't support me, I promise I will do more to gain your trust and ...