FIFA presidency race enters second round

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Zurich, May 29 (IANS) The FIFA presidency race entered the second round of voting as incumbent chief Sepp Blatter failed to get a two-thirds majority, garnering only 133 votes out out of 209. Blatter's lone rival Jordanian Prince Ali bin al-Hussein got 73 votes as only 206 out of 209 member associations voted at the FIFA Congress here on Friday. The 79-year-old Blatter **w requires only a simple majority, that is 105 votes to be re-elected president for the fifth consecutive time of the world governing body of football, where he has been at the helm since 1998.

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