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FIFA President Sepp Blatter reelected
Brian Murphy
May 29 2015
The embattled chief of world soccer hung onto his post Friday after a rival bowed out in an election that displayed the deep rifts inside the sport amid American-led allegations of widespread corruption among some of its top overseers.
FIFA President Sepp Blatter has not been directly implicated in the probes by U.S. and Swiss authorities into alleged offenses that include soliciting bribes for the right to host the sport’s grand prize, the World Cup.
But enough opposition was mounted to keep Blatter from getting the two-thirds majority needed among the 209 votes cast by delegates in Zurich — a result seen as a significant embarrassment for the 79-year-old president who has led the sport since 1998.
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