Blatter set to stand for third term as FIFA president

SEPP Blatter is set to stand as president of FIFA until 2011 and will make suggestions to change the rules about offside at an International Board meeting next month.

“Let’s first complete the 2006 World Cup. And then, if I’m still in good health, I will still feel like continuing my work at FIFA because I was seriously hampered in my first term,” he said. Blatter, 69, had insisted he would only remain for two four-year terms, but has changed his mind.

In the meantime, he will plead for changes in the game’s laws, including the offside rule.