Addis Ababa — Danny Jordaan won his quest for a place on the Confederation of African Football’s (Caf) executive committee (exco) after a convincing win, as he emerged as one of the king-makers on a day of upsets at the elections in Addis Ababa. The South African Football Association (Safa) president will serve for four years as one of the Southern African members. However, he can now be considered as a potential future candidate for the leadership of Caf after receiving 35 votes to win the poll of three who were chasing two Southern African places on the 15-member exco. Rui Almeida da Costa of Angola was also elected with 25 votes‚ one more than Frans Mbidi of Namibia, while Suketu Patel of the Seychelles pulled out before the vote. "After a long time..." said a smiling Jordaan as he was congratulated by fellow South Africans Irvin Khoza‚ Raymond Hack and Molefi Oliphant after the vote. Jordaan had failed four years ago in his bid to get into African football’s governing body when ...
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