Deadline day looms for FIFA candidates
FIFA will on Monday stop accepting candidates to replace Sepp Blatter as the scandal-tainted body's leader, with five contenders declared and more expected before the door shuts.
Tokyo Sexwale, a South African diamond mining tycoon and politician, became the latest to join the race for the February 26 election, despite the mounting corruption scandals that have hit football's world body.
He will challenge Michel Platini, the UEFA leader now suspended by FIFA, former FIFA vice president Prince Ali bin al Hussein, David Nakhid, a former Trinidad and Tobago captain, and Jerome Champagne, a former FIFA official.
Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim al Khalifa, president of the Asian Football Confederation, is believed to be considering a run. At least one other senior football official could also stand.
Candidates have until midnight Monday to register papers at FIFA headquarters.
The world body's electoral committee will then carry out integrity checks on all of the runners before confirming them for the vote to be held at a special FIFA congress in Zurich.
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