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Fifa president Gianni Infantino in Zurich. Picture: AFP

Fifa presidency elections

Infantino re-elected Fifa president unopposed at Paris congress

By Reuters

Infantino's re-election was marked by a round of applause from the congress after the statutes were changed earlier in the day to no longer require a vote if...

  • Tubby Reddy of Sascoc. Picture: Barry Aldworth/Backpagepix.

    'SA handled Fifa elections poorly'

    Sascoc CEO Tubby Reddy says criticism is expected after the way the Fifa elections were handled.

    2267 days ago
  • Italy's Gianni Infantino in Zurich. Picture: AFP.

    Gianni Infantino named Fifa's new president

    UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino has been voted in as Fifa’s new president.

    2278 days ago
  • South African Football Association president, Danny Jordaan. Picture: GCIS.

    'Jordaan's absence at Fifa elections suspicious'

    The DA has criticised the Safa president’s decision to miss the Fifa elective conference in Zurich.

    2278 days ago
  • Fifa presidential candidate Prince Ali Bin al-Hussein. Picture: EPA/Patrick B. Kraemer.

    Calls for suspension of Fifa presidential elections

    Lawyers for Prince Ali Bin al-Hussein want to postpone elections over voting transparency.

    2281 days ago
  • Fifa presidential candidate Tokyo Sexwale. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN.

    Sexwale 'open to negotiations and alliances' in Fifa presidential vote

    Sexwale expects SA will vote for him, but media is reporting SA will go for Sheikh Salman.

    2282 days ago
  • Sports and Recreation Minister Fikile Mbalula. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    ‘Minister Razzmatazz’ backs Sexwale’s Fifa presidency campaign

    Mbalula says he respects CAF’s decision to support Sheikh Salman but he will continue backing Sexwale.

    2295 days ago
  • Fifa presidential candidate Tokyo Sexwale spoke at a media briefing in Sandton on 19 December 2015. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN.

    Sexwale unfazed by lack of support from CAF

    Sexwale was also under pressure to withdraw from the race but he’s stressed his intention to forge ahead.

    2298 days ago
  • Fifa presidential candidate Tokyo Sexwale.Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN.

    Sexwale asked to explain lacklustre Fifa campaign

    Sexwale's association to Mandela offered few ideas on how to change the corruption-haunted Fifa.

    2310 days ago
  • Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter. Picture: Facebook.com.

    FIFA panel tells Blatter, Platini why they were banned

    Blatter and Platini were banned last month amid the worst corruption scandal in the history of Fifa.

    2326 days ago
  • Suspended Uefa president Michel Platini. Picture : AFP

    Platini: Only I have the vision to lead Fifa

    A 90-day provisional suspension excludes him from campaigning for February's Fifa presidency elections.

    2398 days ago
  • FILE. Businessman Tokyo Sexwale at the weekend confirmed he would be running for the top job next year. Picture: Supplied.

    ‘Sexwale has right credentials for Fifa's top job'

    Businessman Tokyo Sexwale at the weekend confirmed he would be running for the top job next year.

    2402 days ago
  • FILE: Tokyo Sexwale. Picture: AFP.

    Sexwale to run for Fifa presidency

    Tokyo Sexwale is the fifth candidate in the running for Fifa's top job.

    2403 days ago
  • FILE: Blatter said that in the past one continental federation had tried to exert a dominance over the others.

    FIFA cannot be dominated by one continent - Blatter

    Blatter said that in the past one continental federation had tried to exert a dominance over the others.

    2465 days ago
  • FILE: The former vice-president of the Fifa, South Korean businessman Chung Mong-joon. Picture: AFP.

    'Platini too close to Fifa's Blatter'

    South Korea’s Chung Mong-joon hit out at his French rival for the Fifa presidency.

    2471 days ago
  • Fifa president Sepp Blatter gestures during a press conference at the football’s world body headquarter’s on 20 July, 2015 in Zurich. Picture: AFP.

    Blatter: I will not be a candidate in 2016

    Fifa president Sepp Blatter says he will not stand for election as president in 2016 and his mission now is to defend the institution.

    2499 days ago
  • Fifa President Joseph Sepp Blatter. Picture: Facebook.

    Fifa: Sepp Blatter & Jerome Valcke not involved in corruption racket

    Fifa says despite the arrests of 9 officials and 4 others, the elections will go ahead as planned.

    2553 days ago
  • FILE: Fifa president Sepp Blatter. Picture: Facebook.

    Blatter facing first serious test since 1998

    Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein declared his candidacy on Tuesday, promising to make the Fifa transparent.

    2691 days ago
  • Fifa vice-president Prince Ali Bin al-Hussein speaking during the Soccerex Global Convention 2014 in Manchester, in northwest England. Fifa vice-president Prince Ali bin Al Hussein of Jordan said on 6 January, 2015 he would stand against incumbent Sepp Blatter for the presidency of world footballs governing body later this year. Picture: AFP.

    Prince Ali to stand for Fifa presidency

    Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein said he had been encouraged to stand in the May elections in Zurich against Blatter.

    2695 days ago
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