Sepp Blatter has been re-elected as the President of FIFA for the fifth term. His rival, Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of Jordan, withdrew after the first round of voting. He received 133 votes in the first round of voting and Prince Ali received 73. Mr Blatter fell seven short of the two-thirds needed, but Prince Ali opted not to contest further. Recently FIFA was plagued by £100million corruption and bribery scandal. Seven top officials were arrested in Switzerland on Wednesday as part of a US prosecution that indicted 14 people.

Sepp Blatter claims to have a ‘secret plan’ to improve the rock-bottom reputation of world football’s governing body.

Tidbits

• FIFA stands for Fédération Internationale de Football Association.
• The Men’s World Cup was commenced in 1930 and Women’s World Cup in 1991.
• FIFA was founded in 1904 and it’s headquarters is in Zurich, Switzerland.
• The Motto of FIFA is For the Game. For the World.
• Cristiano Ronaldo was conferred with the FIFA Ballon d’Or Award 2015.