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United States backs Prince Ali in bid for FIFA presidency

Xinhua, February 3, 2015 Adjust font size:

FIFA vice president Prince Ali bin al-Hussein admitted that the United States was among the national associations to nominate him to stand against Sepp Blatter for the presidency of FIFA here on Tuesday.

The Jordanian launched his campaign in London and also disclosed he was endorsed by his home federation, Belarus, Malta, England and Georgia.

"There is a bit of a culture of intimidation within FIFA but, having said that, this is a candidacy for the whole world," said Prince Ali.

But his inability to gain widespread backing beyond his homeland in the Asian Football Confederation highlights the tough task unseating Blatter, who is running for a fifth, four-year term in May.

Michael van Praag of the Netherlands and Portugal great Luis Figo are also vying for the presidency. Endi