Brazil Court Orders CBF To Remove President Rodrigues; Samir Xaud Appointed In Place

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Last Updated:May 25, 2025, 22:56 IST

Samir Xaud was elected caput of Brazil's shot confederation (CBF) aft Ednaldo Rodrigues was removed by a court. Xaud, the sole candidate, received 101 retired of 143 votes.

Samir Xaud for CBF (X)

Samir Xaud was elected arsenic the caput of Brazil’s shot confederation (CBF) connected Sunday, pursuing a Rio de Janeiro court’s determination to region Ednaldo Rodrigues from the position.

The predetermination occurred conscionable 1 time earlier the caller Brazilian nationalist squad coach, Italian Carlo Ancelotti, was acceptable to beryllium introduced.

“We person begun a caller epoch astatine the CBF. Our medication volition beryllium characterized by the renewal of ideas and the afloat improvement of the sport," Xaud, a aesculapian doctor, stated successful his inaugural address.

Xaud, who was the sole campaigner and president-elect of the Roraima authorities shot federation, secured 101 retired of 143 imaginable votes, gaining beardown enactment from the authorities federations.

Earlier this week, Rodrigues withdrew his entreaty against his removal, which followed a tribunal ruling that nullified an statement allowing him to stay successful bureau until 2030.

The tribunal lawsuit progressive allegations of forgery concerning erstwhile CBF president Antonio Carlos Nunes de Lima’s signature connected the agreement.

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