Calderon is elected president of Real Madrid

REAL MADRID yesterday announced Ramon Calderon winner of the presidential elections at the club. Calderon received 8,344 votes, while Juan Palacios was second with 8,098.

The presidency has been in question since the end of Florentino Perez’s six-year tenure in February, when he resigned as he felt the club needed a new direction. Vice-president Fernando Martin was immediately promoted to replace him, but his stint as president lasted only two months before he too resigned.

Luis Gomez-Montejano, being the eldest board member, was then put in charge on an interim basis until Sunday’s elections.