header banner

Former FIFA rival Prince Ali: Blatter must leave now

alt=
By No Author
ZURICH, July 20:  Former FIFA presidential candidate Prince Ali bin al-Hussein says Sepp Blatter must leave now as head of the sport's governing body.

Prince Ali says the scandal-scarred FIFA needs an interim leader from outside soccer to oversee the next election and modernizing reforms.


In a statement to The Associated Press, Prince Ali says "President Blatter's resignation cannot be dragged out any longer. He must leave now."

The Jordanian prince urges the FIFA executive committee, which meets later Monday, not to rush world football into an early election date, saying "No date before March 2016 can be justified."

Prince Ali gave no indication in his statement of running again for the FIFA presidency.

He lost 133-73 to Blatter in a May vote of FIFA member associations.



Related story

Blatter and Platini cleared in FIFA graft case

Related Stories
My City

Akshay's cameo song 'Ali Ali' out now

69038387.jpg
SPORTS

Banned ex-FIFA president Blatter in Russia for Wor...

Sepp-Blatter-June.jpg
SPORTS

Sepp Blatter loses appeal at CAS against 6-year FI...

sepp-blatter.jpg
SOCIETY

Panic spikes as PM's IT guru Ali has access to peo...

asgarali_oct9.jpg
My City

Sara Ali Khan, Kartik Aaryan to star in Imtiaz Ali...

story_22.jpeg