FIFA Election Would Still Hold

The forthcoming FIFA presidential election will not be cancelled after one of the candidates in person of Jerome Champagne has failed with a late bid to have Friday's election postponed.

Champagne is the second of them to attempt to have it put off this week after the lawyers representing Prince Ali of Jordan also made unsuccessful moves to get the election cancelled after his request to use transparent booths in Zurich was turned down.

Champagne's representations to the Court of Arbitration for Sport have now been rejected too and the election will take place as planned. He had supported Ali's earlier request for see-through booths and independent scrutineers in order to ensure the vote was conducted without fear of corruption but after reviewing Champagne's paperwork, the president of the CAS Appeals Arbitration Division dismissed it.