Infantino plays down Asian election postponement (Reuters)

By Sudipto Ganguly PANAJI, India (Reuters) - FIFA president Gianni Infantino played down the significance of Tuesday's postponement of Asian elections for seats on the new FIFA Council, saying it was all part of the reform process at soccer's scandal-hit world governing body. Upset at FIFA's last minute disqualification of a Qatari candidate, delegates overwhelmingly voted down the agenda of an Asian Football Confederation extraordinary congress in Goa at which three members of the world governing body's new Council were to be elected. FIFA banned Qatari Saoud Al-Mohannadi from the election on Sunday because of an ongoing ethics investigation, leaving insufficient time for new candidates to join the six remaining in the field.