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| Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa |
Bahrain's
Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa received a major boost in his bid to
become the next FIFA president when he received an endorsement from the
Confederation of African Football on Friday.
AFP/BBC News reports continue:
The governing body of
football in Africa, which has 54 full members, said the Asian Football
Confederation president was its preferred candidate for the poll in Zurich on
Feb. 26, CAF vice-president Suketu Patel told reporters.
FIFA
presidential candidate Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al-Khalifa, says he is
encouraged by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) decision to back
him for the 26 February poll.
"I
am deeply honoured to have earned the trust of many of our African friends at
this crucial stage of the campaigning effort," he said in a
statement.
Mr
Salman, who is the head of Asia's Football Federation, has recently received
the backing of his federation executive.
The
two confederations account for more than a quarter of the 209-strong FIFA
membership.
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| Tokyo Sexwale |
Meanwhile South
Africa's Tokyo Sexwale says the decision of CAF to support his rival,
Sheikh Salman of Bahrain, for the FIFA presidency, was just a recommendation on
the candidate they would like to nominate.
"No-one
has been elected to any position today. I want to congratulate Sheikh Salman
for having the choice of CAF as a nominee," Mr Sexwale told reporters in
Rwanda's capital, Kigali.
He
is in Rwanda for a CAF football competition.
The
former anti-apartheid campaigner added that there are 54 associations on
the continent, many of which will make their own choices.
Another
FIFA presidential candidate and general secretary of European football's
governing body, Gianni Infantino, says he has received support from
some African associations.
The election will take
place on 26 February in Zurich. 
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