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<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\nJoseph S. Blatter, President of FIFA talks during the 61st FIFA Congress Opening Ceremony in Zurich, Switzerland, on May 31<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The election for the president of FIFA will go on as scheduled Wednesday despite calls from powerful football associations for a delay over a corruption scandal.<\/p>\n
Incumbent FIFA President Sepp Blatter is the only one running to head the world football governing body.<\/p>\n
Blatter said Monday night that the organization was not in crisis after two top officials were suspended amid ethics concerns.<\/p>\n
One of the officials, Mohamed Bin Hammam, was the only contender against Blatter for the presidency.<\/p>\n
Football associations urged FIFA on Tuesday to delay the vote.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis has been a very damaging time for the reputation of FIFA and therefore the whole of football,\u201d said David Bernstein, chairman of the English Football Association<\/p>\n
The Scottish Football Association echoed the call.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe events of the last two days, in particular, have made any election unworkable,\u201d SFA head Stewart Reagan said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Sponsors of international soccer including Visa, Coca-Cola and Adidas have warned that the ethics scandal is hurting the sport.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe current situation is clearly not good for the game,\u201d a Visa spokesman told CNN Tuesday, echoing comments from other companies that pay to have their logos at the World Cup and other major soccer events. The Visa spokesman declined to be named.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe negative tenor of the public debate around FIFA at the moment is neither good for football nor for FIFA,\u201d Adidas chief communications officer Jan Runau said.<\/p>\n
Sponsor Emirates airlines said it was \u201cdisappointed\u201d by the \u201cissues around the administration\u201d of FIFA, and Coca-Cola said Monday that the ethics allegations were \u201cdistressing and bad for the sport.\u201d<\/p>\n
The concerns came as Blatter shrugged off corruption allegations within FIFA and said he would press ahead with his bid to be re-elected as president for the fourth time.<\/p>\n
The FIFA ethics committee on Sunday suspended Bin Hammam of Qatar, along with fellow leading official Jack Warner.<\/p>\n
Bin Hammam was a major influence in Qatar\u2019s surprising victory in winning the right to host the 2022 World Cup finals.<\/p>\n
He and Warner have been accused of offering cash gifts to national associations in return for pro-Bin Hammam votes in the presidential election.<\/p>\n
Warner and Bin Hammam both deny wrongdoing.<\/p>\n
FIFA is the body that decides where soccer\u2019s quadrennial World Cup will be held, among other responsibilities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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