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Africa ‘Unanimously’ Backs Sheikh Salman for FIFA Presidency
Arab News ^ | Friday 5 February 2016

Posted on 02/06/2016 11:03:28 AM PST by nickcarraway

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) said Friday it was backing Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al-Khalifa of Bahrain as its candidate to succeed Sepp Blatter as president of world body FIFA.

'The executive committee decided that CAF will give full support to Sheikh Salman with his candidacy for FIFA presidency,' CAF first vice president Suketu Patel told reporters following an executive committee meeting.

CAF second vice president Almamy Kabele Camara said the decision to support the 50-year-old Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president had been reached “unanimously” at the meeting during the African Nations Championship tournament in Kigali.

(Excerpt) Read more at arabnews.com ...


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1 posted on 02/06/2016 11:03:28 AM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Money talks! Just ask the GOPe politicians...


2 posted on 02/06/2016 11:05:17 AM PST by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: nickcarraway

Ha! Now all matched will have to start with a Muslim prayer...and the fields will have to oriented in the direction of Mecca.


3 posted on 02/06/2016 11:06:51 AM PST by Cowboy Bob (With Trump & Cruz, America can't lose!)
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To: nickcarraway

A bunch of corrupt officials now get taken over by more corrupt officials.


4 posted on 02/06/2016 11:10:34 AM PST by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: nickcarraway

“We’re in the money. We’re in the money.”


5 posted on 02/06/2016 11:14:24 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("The goal of socialism is communism... Hatred is the basis of communism" --Vladimir Lenin)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“ear-way inway ee-the oney-may”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJOjTNuuEVw

Knocks me out every time.


6 posted on 02/06/2016 11:23:29 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

That is hilarious.


7 posted on 02/06/2016 11:30:01 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("The goal of socialism is communism... Hatred is the basis of communism" --Vladimir Lenin)
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