Sepp Blatter rejects plan for televised debate on Fifa presidency

Sepp Blatter has rejected an invitation to take part in a live television debate involving all four candidates for the Fifa presidency.

The other three candidates — Fifa vice-president Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan, Dutch FA president Michael van Praag, and former Portugal international Luis Figo — had all agreed to take part in the debate but current Fifa president Blatter has refused.

The debate was a joint BBC and Sky initiative and the Football Association chairman, Greg Dyke, had offered to host it at Wembley. Blatter’s refusal means it will not now take place.