FA to abstain in FIFA vote

The Football Association will abstain in next month’s FIFA presidential election.

Thu, 19 May, 2011 - 15:27

The Football Association will abstain in next month’s FIFA presidential election.

FA chiefs had all but ruled out supporting current incumbent Sepp Blatter and last week’s fresh allegations of World Cup bidding corruption involving Qatar made it increasingly likely that they would abstain in the vote on June 1.

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