{"id":424945,"date":"2011-05-16T17:09:03","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T17:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/16\/caf-backs-sepp-blatter-to-retain-fifa-presidency\/"},"modified":"2011-05-16T17:09:03","modified_gmt":"2011-05-16T17:09:03","slug":"caf-backs-sepp-blatter-to-retain-fifa-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/16\/caf-backs-sepp-blatter-to-retain-fifa-presidency\/","title":{"rendered":"Caf Backs Sepp Blatter To Retain Fifa Presidency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"57\">Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website.<\/p>\n<div><strong><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-29375\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/2011\/05\/fifa-backs-caf-to-scuttle-bin-hammam-presidential-bid\/sepp-3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29375\" title=\"Sepp Blatter \" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/sepp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"143\" height=\"107\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sepp Blatter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>In a damaging blow to Mohammed Bin Hammam, Africa\u2019s football governing body football body Caf has given its backing to Sepp Blatter in the upcoming Fifa presidential elections.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Caf was expected to support the Qatari who has pledged that, if re-elected, he would give more power to the continental governing bodies.<\/p>\n<p>The Asian football president, who was relying on Africa for most of his votes, was expecting massive backing from Caf but the executive committee voted otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>Seeking a fourth term as president, the 75-year-old Blatter is standing against the Qatar national Bin Hammam.<\/p>\n<p>The Fifa election is being held on 1 June in Zurich, Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>Caf is an influential body within Fifa\u2019s structure, holding 53 of the 208 votes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>View post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ghanasoccernet.com\/2011\/05\/fifa-backs-caf-to-scuttle-bin-hammam-presidential-bid\/\" title=\"Caf Backs Sepp Blatter To Retain Fifa Presidency\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Caf Backs Sepp Blatter To Retain Fifa Presidency<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website. Sepp Blatter In a damaging blow to Mohammed Bin Hammam, Africa\u2019s football governing body football body Caf has given its backing to Sepp Blatter in the upcoming Fifa presidential elections<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-424945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Caf Backs Sepp Blatter To Retain Fifa Presidency - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/16\/caf-backs-sepp-blatter-to-retain-fifa-presidency\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Caf Backs Sepp Blatter To Retain Fifa Presidency - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#039;s most authoritative football news website. 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