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China's Zhang to step in for suspended bin Hammam

Updated: 2011-05-30 13:45

(Agencies)

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China's Zhang to step in for suspended bin Hammam
Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President Mohamed Bin Hammam (R) poses with Vice-President Zhang Jilong during an event in Kuala Lumpur in this March 15, 2011 file photo. Zhang will be in charge of the AFC in the absence of bin Hammam, who was suspended from all soccer activity by FIFA on May 29, 2011, a source at the AFC told Reuters on May 30, 2011. Asian soccer head bin Hammam was suspended over bribery allegations in the worst corruption scandal to blight the sport's governing body, hours after ending his campaign to unseat FIFA President Sepp Blatter. [Photo/Agencies] 

SINGAPORE - China's Zhang Jilong will be in charge of the Asian Football Confederation in the absence of Mohamed bin Hammam, who was suspended from all soccer activity by FIFA on Sunday, a source at the AFC told Reuters on Monday.

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