UEFA wants FIFA presidential polls to be postponed

Johannesburg, May 28

The European football confederation UEFA has called for the postponement of Friday's FIFA presidential elections after football's world governing body became entangled in two corruption storms.

UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino said UEFA believes that the FIFA Congress should be postponed and the election for the president should take place within the next six months, Sport24 reported.

The FIFA Congress is to start from Thursday and the vote for the president is to be held on Friday.

FIFA incumbent Sepp Blatter is due to face Prince Ali bin al Hussein of Jordan who is the lone rival in election.

Earlier, FIFA was plunged into the most serious scandal in its history on Wednesday football officials were arrested in Zurich on corruption charges. Seven officials, including the FIFA vice-president Jeffrey Webb from the Cayman Islands, were arrested by Swiss authorities on behalf of the US Department of Justice, which has indicted 18 people alleging bribery totalling more than 150 million dollars. (ANI)