Bin Hammam Challenges Blatter for FIFA Presidency
Asian Football Confederation chairman Mohammed Bin Hammam, in a move designed to increase Qatari and Middle Eastern influence in global soccer, announced that he will challenge Sepp Blatter in FIFA presidential elections scheduled for June 1.
Bin Hammam, a Qatari national with close ties to his country’s royal family, has long been critical of Blatter’s …