Paris: Football's scandal-tainted world-governing body FIFA yesterday announced that it had confirmed seven candidates had come forward to run in its election for a new president on February 26.


Sepp Blatter. Pic/AFP

The candidates to succeed Sepp Blatter are Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, Musa Bility, Jerome Champagne, Gianni Infantino, Michel Platini, Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa and Tokyo Sexwale.