Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al
Khalifa was listed as an official FIFA presidential candidate
on Thursday, while Musa Bility of Liberia was left out after
failing an integrity check.
FIFA announced the five declared candidates for the February
26 election, with Michel Platini a potential sixth man.
The suspended Platini's candidature was not judged at this
stage by the FIFA election committee pending his ethics case.
The five candidates are: Sheikh Salman of Bahrain, Prince
Ali bin Al-Hussein of Jordan, Jerome Champagne of France, Gianni
Infantino of Switzerland and Tokyo Sexwale of South Africa.
They are in the running to replace Sepp Blatter, who
announced in June he would step down as president after FIFA
was plunged into crisis following U.S. and Swiss corruption
investigations.
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