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January 26, 2016

FIFA confirms candidates for Feb 26 presidency vote

FIFA confirms candidates for Feb 26 presidency vote

BRAZIL, Costa do Sauipe : Fifa president Joseph Blatter gestures during a press conference in Costa do Sauipe, state of Bahia, Brazil on December 3, 2013. The 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil final draw will take place December 6. AFP PHOTO

FIFA’s ad-hoc Electoral Committee has formally admitted five candidates to stand for the presidency of soccer’s global governing body at an election on Feb. 26, it said on Tuesday.

Their names are Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan, Sheik Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa of Bahrain and Jerome Champagne of France.

Gianni Infantino of Italy and Switzerland and Tokyo Sexwale of South Africa are among the approved candidates, it said in a statement.

There are five formally admitted candidates.

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