Friday, February 26, 2016

Fifa presidency election day begins

FIFA delegates are meeting in Zurich today to elect a new leader - as the world football governing body continues to battle criminal investigations and scandals...

Five candidates are standing to replace the now banned Sepp Blatter - with Giani Infantino the current Uefa General Secretary and Sheikh Salman of Bahrain the President of the Asian Football Confederation the two frontrunners.

Before a new president is election however, a set of reforms must be voted through...

From Zurich, our correspondent Dan Whitehead reports...

IN: Those reforms...
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