FIFA crisis: Exco members push for delay to presidential election

FIFA’s executive committee is being urged to discuss postponing the presidential election following the crisis that has struck the world governing body.

FIFA’s executive committee is being urged to discuss postponing the presidential election at an emergency meeting following the crisis that has struck the world governing body, it can be disclosed.

Several FIFA ExCo members including England’s David Gill, Germany’s Wolfgang Niersbach and Belgium’s Michel D’Hooghe are pushing for an emergency meeting to take place, and it is likely to be held the week after next in Zurich.