FIFA Set for Elections as Bans Get Reduced

World football's governing body FIFA will proceed with an election to pick a new president Friday to replace the disgraced Sepp Blatter and vote on a set of reforms aimed at restoring its credibility after the worst graft scandal in its history. One candidate had sought to have the vote on a new president delayed but sport's highest tribunal threw out his request, clearing the way for FIFA to hold its planned Extraordinary Congress in Zurich. FIFA urged members to approve its...

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