Sepp Blatter, FIFA’s incumbent President, has been re-elected for a fifth term in office after Jordan’s Prince Ali withdrew from the race following a first-round defeat. The majority of the electoral body, composed of the 209 members, voted for Sepp Blatter during the first round, who has held the post for the past 17 years, over 39-year-old Prince Ali of Jordan. The vote had been set to go into a second round after no one obtained the two-thirds majority required. Sepp Blatter, in the first round, won 133 votes, while Prince Ali obtained 73. The election came days after the arrest of a number of FIFA officials in Switzerland on charges of corruption, as according to an investigation of the FBI and the IRS. Seven current and former FIFA officials were arrested on Wednesday at a hotel in Zurich after a three-year investigation by the FBI. Blatter’s re-election came amid calls from numerous parties who have called for a new President. At the 65th FIFA Congress, held in Zurich, UEFA’s President Michel Platini said “enough is enough”. Platini, who said he considered Blatter a friend, had urged his counterpart to…
