Sepp Blatter to step down in 2015
Published:Tuesday | March 22, 2011 | 1:51 PM
Sepp Blatter says he will step down as FIFA president in 2015, if he is re-elected for a fourth term in June.
The 75-year-old, who has been head of world football's governing body since 1998, is being challenged by Asian confederation chief Mohamed Bin Hammam.
The new president will be elected at a FIFA Congress, which starts on May 31.
With Bin Hammam vowing to increase FIFA’s decision-making power and spread its considerable wealth, Blatter is facing his first challenge since Issa Hayatou took him on and lost in 2002.
Bin Hammam is also currently attending the Congress for European football's governing body, UEFA, as the candidates lobby federation presidents for their vote on June 1 in Zurich.
UEFA's 53 member countries represent more than a quarter of the 208 FIFA voters that Blatter and Bin Hammam will attempt to woo.