Part of Sportingintelligence’s guide to the 2016 FIFA presidential election: HOME PAGE here . PROFILE: Musa Bility         Age: 48.      Born: 6 April 6, 1967 in Saclepea, Nimba County. Twitter: @hhbility            Website: None.  Profile page at Liberia FA website Manifesto: Not available. Football background:  Says he played at amateur local level but there is […]

Part of Sportingintelligence’s guide to the 2016 FIFA presidential election: HOME PAGE here . PROFILE: Sheikh Salman           Age: 50. Born: 2 November 1965, in Riffa, Bahrain. Twitter: None.          Website: Sheikh Salman website       Manifesto: PDF here. Football background: Worked in various executive roles at the Bahrain Football Association (BFA) after graduating from […]

Part of Sportingintelligence’s guide to the 2016 FIFA presidential election: HOME PAGE here . PROFILE: Tokyo Sexwale         Age: 62.     Born:  Soweto, 5 March 1953 Twitter:  Not yet.     Website: www.tokyosexwale.com (unofficial – no official site) Manifesto (PDF download):  Tokyo Sexwale manifesto. Football background:  Organising Committee for 2010 World Cup, FIFA Committee on […]

Part of Sportingintelligence’s guide to the 2016 FIFA presidential election: HOME PAGE here . PROFILE: Michel Platini           Age: 60. Born: 21 June 1955, in Jœuf, France. Twitter: None          Website: None        Manifesto (PDF download): None Football background: professional football player (1972-1987, AS Nancy, Saint-Étienne, Juventus); international (France, 1975-1987; Kuwait, 1988), manager (France, 1988-1992), […]

Part of Sportingintelligence’s guide to the 2016 FIFA presidential election: HOME PAGE here . PROFILE: Gianni Infantino          Age: 45. Born: 23 March 1970, in Brig, Switzerland. Twitter: @Gianni_2016          Website: http://www.fifaforward2016.com/ Manifesto (PDF download): Via this link Football background: UEFA 2000-present, currently General Secretary (October 2009-present), previously was secretary general to the International Centre for Sports […]

Part of Sportingintelligence’s guide to the 2016 FIFA presidential election: HOME PAGE here . PROFILE:  Jerome Champagne Age: 57.       Born:  June, 1958, Paris. Twitter: @jchampagne2016           Website:  www.jeromechampagne2015.com Manifesto (PDF download):  Jerome C manifesto Football background:  Head of Protocol, France98, 1997-98. Worked at FIFA from 1999-2010 as Adviser to Blatter, Deputy-Secretary General […]

Part of Sportingintelligence’s guide to the 2016 FIFA presidential election: HOME PAGE here . PROFILE: David Nakhid        Age: 51.        Born: 15 May 1964, in Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago Twitter: @DavidNakhidIFA Website: http://www.davidnakhid.com Manifesto: Not available yet. Football background: A midfielder, Nakhid’s was the first player from Trinidad & […]

Part of Sportingintelligence’s guide to the 2016 FIFA presidential election: HOME PAGE here . PROFILE: Prince Ali bin Hussein           Age: 40. Born: 23 December 1975, in Ammam, Jordan. Twitter: @AliBinAlHussein          Website: http://www.worldsgame.com        Manifesto (PDF download): Prince Ali 2016 Manifesto; Prince Ali 2015 manifesto Football background: Head of the Jordanian FA […]

Welcome to the home page of Sportingintelligence‘s guide to the 2016 FIFA presidential election. JAMES CORBETT explains the rationale for it below. The vote is scheduled for 26 February and as it approaches this regularly updated guide will be brought to you by seasoned FIFA-watchers, expert observers, reform advocates and multiple contributors including Corbett, Roger Pielke Jnr, […]

Part of Sportingintelligence’s guide to the 2016 FIFA presidential election: HOME PAGE here . How the manifesto promises compare NB: an earlier version of manifesto comparisons is here; before all candidates were confirmed . By Bonita Mersiades 1 February 2016 With less than four weeks to go until Election Day, all candidates have now issued or updated […]