Nigeria: Blatter Secures Fifth Term As Fifa President

Sepp Blatter has succeeded in extending his 17-year reign as FIFA President as he again secured a fresh mandate to run the world football governing body for another four years following his victory at Friday's polls in Zurich.

Blatter was unable to secure the traditional two-thirds in the first round of voting but still saw off the stiff challenge from his opponent Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein defeating him 133-73 votes

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