SINGAPORE — The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) will elect a new president at an extraordinary congress in May, the regional body said Thursday, almost 18 months after former head Mohammed Bin Hammam was first suspended by FIFA. The AFC said the winning candidate from the May 2 election in Kuala Lumpur will hold the post until 2015, as opposed to the normal four-year term. Nominations for the position opened Thursday and will close on March 3, with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Football Association head and AFC Vice President, Yousuf Yaqoob Yousuf, and acting AFC president Zhang Jilong expected to run. One man who won't be running is FIFA vice president Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein. The AFC will also hold elections for a FIFA executive committee member position on a four-year term until 2017, a female AFC vice president and two female AFC executive committee members. — Reuters