CAIRO: African football leaders elected Guinea’s Almamy Kabele Camara and Ghana’s Kwesi Nyantakyi on Thursday to represent the continent on the expanded 36-member FIFA Council.

Camara, the Confederation of African Football’s (CAF) second vice president, and Ghana Football Association president Nyantakyi will complete a seven-member African delegation at an Oct 13-14 gathering of the FIFA Council in Zurich, chaired by President Gianni Infantino.

The meeting will include discussions to expand the 2026 World Cup to 40 teams.

Camara and Nyantakyi earned enough votes in a four-candidate contest at an extraordinary general meeting of CAF in Cairo that was attended by Infantino.

Published in Dawn, September 30th, 2016