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Fifa presidential race 2016i

Prince Ali Al Hussein, Fifa vice-president; Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa, president of the Asian Football Confederation; Jerome Champagne, former executive at Fifa from 1999 to 2010; Tokyo Sexwale, South African businessman; and Gianni Infantino, Uefa general secretary will all vie to become the next president of Fifa at the 2016 Fifa extraordinary Congress that will be held in Zurich, Switzerland, on February 26.

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Asia Football Confederation chief calls for unity to drive Fifa reforms after Gianni Infantino win

Fifa presidential candidate Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al-Khalifa of Bahrain congratulates newly elected Fifa president Gianni Infantino after the Swiss’ victory in Zurich. Photo: Reuters

Asian leaders pledge to work with newly elected Fifa boss after the Swiss’ surprise victory in the presidency

Asia can help Infantino’s new Fifa era, says defeated Sheikh Salman

New Fifa president Gianni Infantino is congratulated by Sheikh Salman after winning the FIFA presidential election. Photo: AFP
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‘You will be proud of what Fifa will do for football’: Infantino pledges new era after being named to replace Blatter

Gianni Infantino of Switzerland is shown during a press conference after being elected the new Fifa president during the Extraordinary Fifa Congress 2016 at the Hallenstadion in Zurich, Switzerland on Friday. Photo: EPA
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Presidential candidates make last ditch pitch for leadership of ‘broken’ Fifa

A man works on a fence for the extraordinary Fifa Congress being held in Zurich. Photo: AP

Fifa’s top job will be less gravy train, more treadmill after Sepp Blatter’s reign

Fifa president Sepp Blatter led a life of luxury as head of soccer’s world governing body. Photo: Reuters

Hope for the best, but expect little from Fifa’s next president

Of the five candidates, not one talks of having kicked a football professionally. Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa from Bahrain is the odds-on favourite. Photo: AP

Fifa candidate Sheikh Salman denies British MP’s allegations of inappropriate funds use

Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al Khalifa’s camp moved quickly to deny the accusations. Photo: AP

Fifa presidential candidate Prince Ali wants election postponed

Fifa presidential candidate Prince Ali has gone to the Court of Arbitration for Sport over concerns he has on the election set for Friday. Photo: EPA

Fifa presidential candidate Tokyo Sexwale, the anti-apartheid fighter turned African football money man

Tokyo Sexwale is bidding to become the first African head of Fifa at this month’s election. Photo: AP

Fifa’s presidential candidates weigh in on China’s attempts to become a football power and host the World Cup

Presidential candidates (clockwise) Gianni Infantino, Sheikh Salman, Jerome Champagne and Prince Ali

Over the past few weeks, the South China Morning Post posed questions to the four realistic candidates about the future of the organisation, with particular interest in their thoughts on China’s attempts to become a world football power. Here are their collected replies

Prince Ali invites former UN secretary general Kofi Annan to lead new independent Fifa reform group

epa05154109 HRH Prince Ali Al Hussein, FIFA presidential candidate, holds a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland, 11 February 2016. The FIFA Presidential Election is set to take place 26 February 2016. EPA/MARTIAL TREZZINI

"China to be become a serious football power" says Fifa presidential candidate Sheikh Salman

The head of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and FIFA presidential candidate, Bahraini Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al-Khalifa answers AFP journalists' questions during an interview on January 31, 2016 in the Qatari capital Doha. FIFA presidential frontrunner Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al-Khalifa told AFP that only he or Europe's Gianni Infantino can win the race to become FIFA's next president. / AFP / KARIM JAAFAR

Q&A: Fifa presidential candidate Gianni Infantino

epa05118837 UEFA General Secretary and FIFA president candidate Gianni Infantino speaks during a press conference at the UEFA Headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, 22 January 2016. The UEFA Executive Committee endorses unanimously Gianni Infantino for the FIFA presidency. EPA/CYRIL ZINGARO

Q&A: Fifa presidential candidate Jerome Champagne outlines his vision for football’s future

FIFA presidential candidate Jerome Champagne of France speaks during a Reuters interview in Witikon, near Zurich, Switzerland October 30, 2015. Champagne, one of seven candidates for the February election, wants soccer's crisis-hit government body to be less formal and more humble in the future. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

Q&A: Fifa presidential candidate Prince Ali bin al-Hussein on his plans to save football

FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015 file photo FIFA vice president Jordan's Prince Ali bin al-Hussein speaks during an interview with The Associated Press after his FIFA presidency campaign launch press conference in London. Prince Ali bin al-Hussein warned Tuesday Jan. 5, 2016 that FIFA risks catastrophe unless he is elected president next month and entrusted with cleaning up an organization reeling from corruption charges. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)