Thursday, December 28, 2017

George Weah is elected president of Liberia as former Chelsea and Manchester City star celebrates landslide victory

Former AC Milan, Manchester City and Chelsea striker George Weah has been elected president of Liberia.

Weah - the first African to win the Ballon D'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year - won comprehensively, clinching 12 of the 15 counties in the West African country.

His opponent Joseph Boakai, who has been vice-president for the last 12 years, only had two counties vote for him.

Jubilant Weah took to Twitter to confirm the victory. Full story...

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