FIFA press on with leadership vote despite corruption scandal

FIFA are to press ahead with a leadership vote today, despite the ongoing corruption scandal.

The international football governing body will choose between Sepp Blatter, who seeks a fifth term as president, and Ali bin al-Hussein.

News of the scandal broke on Wednesday when seven top officials were held in Zurich as part of a US fraud inquiry.

Addressing delegates on the second day of FIFA’s congress, Blatter warned the organisation faced “troubled times”.