
The Asian Football Confederation has confirmed a rule for elections to FIFA Council seats, allowing Olympic powerbroker Sheik Ahmad of Kuwait to be a candidate. Elections in May for FIFA positions will be ''conducted under the terms of the FIFA regulations which allows any member association to nominate a candidate,'' the AFC said on Thursday after an executive committee meeting. Kuwait's national soccer body is barred from nominating candidates while suspended by FIFA in a dispute over government interference.
More...