{"id":320497,"date":"2016-02-26T15:52:12","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T15:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/sexwale-pulls-out-of-fifa-president-race\/"},"modified":"2016-02-26T15:52:12","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T15:52:12","slug":"sexwale-pulls-out-of-fifa-president-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2016\/02\/26\/sexwale-pulls-out-of-fifa-president-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Sexwale pulls out of FIFA President race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"73\">\n<p class=\"story__intro\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of the five hopefuls for the FIFA presidency has pulled out of the race minutes before voting began.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">South African tycoon\u00a0Tokyo Sexwale announced he was pulling out of the contest, leaving four contenders.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They are Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al Khalifa, Gianni Infantino, Prince Ali bin al Hussein and Jerome Champagne.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, FIFA voted in favour of a series of reforms to curb its president\u2019s powers and stop corruption in world football.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Its congress body, meeting in Zurich, Switzerland, agreed the package of proposals by 179 votes to 22, an 89% approval rate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"module module--inline video\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-format-low=\"http:\/\/video.news.sky.com\/video\/h264\/vod\/374\/2016\/02\/DIGI091741FRFIFACANDIDATESARRIVALSU160226091806391456478308343374.mp4\" data-format-high=\"http:\/\/video.news.sky.com\/video\/h264\/vod\/700\/2016\/02\/DIGI091741FRFIFACANDIDATESARRIVALSU160226091806391456478308343700.mp4\">\n<div class=\"video__wrapper\">\n<div id=\"skyplayer-0-wrap\" class=\"videocontrolcontainer sky-transform init fs-on vol-on mini\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div class=\"video-ctrl\">\n<div class=\"video__placeholder-wrapper js-video\">\n<div class=\"image\">\n<div class=\"image__wrapper image__wrapper--16x9\">\n<div style=\"width: 611px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image__item video__teaser-image js-responsive image__item--clone\" src=\"http:\/\/media.skynews.com\/media\/images\/generated\/2016\/2\/26\/449429\/default\/v3\/fifa-candidates-colour-1-736x414.png\" alt=\"FIFA President Candidates\" width=\"601\" height=\"338\" data-template=\"http:\/\/media.skynews.com\/media\/images\/generated\/2016\/2\/26\/449429\/default\/v3\/fifa-candidates-colour-1-{width}x{height}.png\" data-sizes=\"206x116 352x198 536x302 736x414 992x558\" data-sizes-wide=\"\" data-breakpoint=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">FIFA President Hopefuls<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Seven delegates abstained from the vote.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quicksense.net\/ --><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The reforms include the disclosure of salaries and limiting FIFA officials \u2013 including the president \u2013 to serving a maximum of three four-year terms.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">FIFA\u2019s executive committee will be replaced with a new council made up of at least six women \u2013 one from each confederation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Its political and commercial decision-making arms will also be separated \u2013 in an attempt to avoid conflicts of interest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Acting FIFA President Issa Hayatou said the reforms would give \u201cfootball a strong foundation on which to thrive\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He added: \u201cWe stand united in our determination to put things right, so that the focus can return to football once again.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe hard work of restoring trust and improving how we work begins now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2013<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Source: Sky News<\/p>\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quicksense.net\/ --><\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] One of the five hopefuls for the FIFA presidency has pulled out of the race minutes before voting began. 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