Wednesday, October 28, 2015

FIFA Confirms Seven Presidential Candidates


FIFA has confirmed the candidates who will be standing in its presidential elections to be held on 26 February. They include Liberian football association president Musa Bility and South Africa's anti-apartheid campaigner Tokyo Sexwale.

Others are Prince Ali bin al-Hussein, Jerome Champagne, Gianni Infantino, Michel Platini and Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa.

BBC Sport report continues:
Trinidadian ex-footballer David Nakhid was not included on the list, despite saying he had submitted his candidacy.

The election is to find a successor to the suspended Sepp Blatter, who is under criminal investigation.

The Swiss 79-year-old announced he would be stepping down in June, as world football's governing body was engulfed by a corruption scandal.

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