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The eight official FIFA presidential candidates
AFP, Published on 27/10/2015
» LONDON - With Monday's deadline reached, AFP Sport profiles the eight officially declared candidates for the FIFA presidency:
Six candidates to succeed Blatter as FIFA deadline looms
AFP, Published on 26/10/2015
» LAUSANNE - With the deadline to submit bids for the FIFA presidency looming, reports that Asian football chief Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim al Khalifa has entered the race takes the overall number of candidates to succeed Sepp Blatter to six.
Shaikh Salman, Asia's soft-spoken football strongman
AFP, Published on 17/10/2015
» KUALA LUMPUR - Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim al Khalifa isn't the first Asian football chief to aspire to run FIFA, but with his powerful backers and opportunistic timing he could be the first to succeed.
Asian football chief poised for audacious FIFA bid
AFP, Published on 16/10/2015
» KUALA LUMPUR - The head of Asian football is poised to announce a bid for the FIFA presidency, a source told AFP on Friday, in an opportunistic move which would dramatically reshape the election race.
Ayana trumps Dibaba for 5000m crown
AFP, Published on 30/08/2015
» BEIJING - Ethiopia's Almaz Ayana trumped double world title-hunting teammate Genzebe Dibaba for victory in the women's 5,000m on Sunday.
Close shave for Dibaba in world marathon
AFP, Published on 30/08/2015
» BEIJING - Ethiopian Mare Dibaba lived up to her billing as the world's fastest marathon runner by winning the gruelling event at the world championships in a sprint finish on Sunday.
Farah defends world double with 5000m gold
AFP, Published on 29/08/2015
» BEIJING - Mo Farah retained his world distance double on Saturday when he stormed to victory in the 5000 metres in Beijing.
Ten-year-old finishes third in worlds heat
AFP, Published on 08/08/2015
» KAZAN (RUSSIA) - Tiny 10-year-old Alzain Tareq, the world championships' youngest competitor in Kazan, swam her personal best to finish third in her 50m freestyle heat on Saturday
New Suez Canal starts tests
Published on 25/07/2015
» ISMAILIA, EGYPT — The first cargo ships passed through Egypt's New Suez Canal on Saturday in a test run before it opens next month.
Loan shark accused of slaying, torching debt collector
Online Reporters, Published on 16/06/2015
» Police are hunting a woman loan shark and her assistant for colluding in the murder of a debt collector and setting his body on fire in Sakon Nakhon over the alleged theft of 1.5 million baht.