Former AFC President and current Asean Football Federation (AFF) President HRH Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah ibni Sultan Abu Bakar Riayatuddin al-Muadzam Shah will be presented the 2011 AFC Diamond of Asia award.
Within hours of this decision by the AFC Executive Committee on Friday (29/711), an AFC delegation led by AFC Acting President Zhang Jilong visited HRH Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah at Istana Pahang to convey the news to the former King of Malaysia, who served as the AFC President from 1994 until 2002.
FIFA Vice-President HRH Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, AFC Vice-President Moya Dodd, AFC Executive Committee member HE Sheikh Ali Bin Khalifa and AFC General Secretary Alex Soosay accompanied Jilong to meet the former AFC chief.
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