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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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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.
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
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
The cliche is “a cesspool of corruption”. A mere pool would be a pleasant upgrade for Fifa, currently buried under a Pacific-sized ocean of excrement after Sepp Blatter’s reign.
The cliche is “a cesspool of corruption”. A mere pool would be a pleasant upgrade for Fifa, currently buried under a Pacific-sized ocean of excrement after Sepp Blatter’s reign.
The forthcoming Fifa presidential election should be a watershed moment for football. It will be anything but.
The forthcoming Fifa presidential election should be a watershed moment for football. It will be anything but.