Blatter re-elected as FIFA president amid corruption crisis
Zurich, May 30 (ANI): Incumbent president Sepp Blatter was voted as FIFA's head after elections took place in the federation's headquarters in Zurich. Out of the 209 votes cast by member associations, 206 were finally validated, with 73 going in favor of opposition candidate Prince Ali bin Al Hussein of Jordan, and 133 for Blatter. As neither candidate reached the two-thirds majority, the election was poised to go to a second round where a simple majority would have sufficed to clinch the presidency. Al Hussein, the only challenger to the 79-year-old Swiss who was standing for a fifth consecutive term, decided not going for a second ballot and withdrew from the race, automatically giving Blatter the presidency for the next four years.
