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" FIFA PASSES PACKAGE OF REFORMS "

Fri Feb 26, 2016 10:59 am

Fifa has passed a wide-ranging package of reforms at an extraordinary congress in Zurich.

They include limits on a president's term and the disclosure of salaries as football's world governing body seeks to recover from a corruption crisis.

"There's an opportunity for Fifa to start again," Football Association chairman Greg Dyke said on Thursday.

Later on Friday Fifa will elect a new president to replace Sepp Blatter, who held the position since 1998.

The five candidates are Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa, Gianni Infantino, Prince Ali bin al-Hussein, Tokyo Sexwale and Jerome Champagne.

The election process is expected to begin at 12:00 GMT, but several rounds of voting may be required before a winner is known.

The new reforms:

- Disclosure of salaries

- Separation of political and managerial functions

- New Fifa council

- Promotion of women in football

- Human rights enshrined