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Four More Years: Sepp Blatter re-elected as FIFA President

Published 19:05 29 May 2015 BST

Updated 19:26 29 May 2015 BST

Tom Victor
Four More Years: Sepp Blatter re-elected as FIFA President

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In news which will come as a shock to almost no one, Sepp Blatter has been re-elected as FIFA President for a fifth term. Despite the 79-year-old failing to receive the required two-thirds majority, rival Prince Ali bin Hussein withdrew from the race after the first round of voting to leave Blatter as the only remaining candidate. https://twitter.com/fifamedia/status/604336170282151936 Blatter’s re-election comes just days after several officials from football’s governing body were arrested in Switzerland on corruption allegations. Following Blatter’s cryptic musings on the nature of time itself, JOE is starting to worry that he might never leave his post. https://twitter.com/richard_conway/status/604300993908609025 In his closing speech before the election, Blatter pledged to “fix” FIFA, however that was met with scepticism. https://twitter.com/tariqpanja/status/604301719699329024 The FIFA arrests have captured the attention of the world’s media, with Jon Stewart providing a brilliant dissection of the goings-on. Will the next four years under Blatter bring about the desired change? Some aren’t too sure. https://twitter.com/henrywinter/status/604335650905669633 https://twitter.com/henrywinter/status/604335856594325504 While others are already looking for the positives. https://twitter.com/GrantWahl/status/604336737989582849 https://twitter.com/Jonny_Singer/status/604335766718824448 It's safe to say that more than a few people saw this coming... https://twitter.com/BeardedGenius/status/603468424099057665

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Four More Years: Sepp Blatter re-elected as FIFA President