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AFC congress scrapped after 20 minutes

Afp, Panaji

Wed Sep 28, 2016 12:00 AM Last update on: Fri Sep 30, 2016 04:50 PM

(L-R) President of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, FIFA President Gianni Infantino, Indian Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Vijay Goel and President All India Football Federation (AIFF) Praful Patel pose for a photograph. File Photo: AFP

An Asian football congress was scrapped after just 20 minutes on Tuesday as members rejected its agenda in protest at FIFA barring a Qatari official from elections to its powerful new council.

Asian Football Confederation (AFC) delegates flew from all over the region to a luxury hotel in Goa, India to elect three new members to the FIFA Council, only for the extraordinary congress to be declared closed after just 20 minutes.