Former AC Milan, Chelsea and Manchester City star, George Weah wins Liberian presidential run off with 61% of the vote (Details, pics)

Footballer George Weah has won the Liberian presidential run off with 61% of the vote.

With official partial results announced on local radio stations all showed Mr Weah in the lead on Wednesday.

Mr Weah, the only African ever to be named Fifa World Player of the Year, lost to Ms Johnson Sirleaf in a 2005 election as a political novice after a football career that took him to both Chelsea and Manchester City, AC Milan and Paris Saint Germain. He has served in Liberia's senate since 2015.