• Fifa electoral committee finds no evidence of human rights abuses
• Sheikh Salman alleged to enjoy been involved in Bahrain crackdownSheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa,the Asian Football Confederation president who has been criticised by human rights campaigners over alleged links to a brutal crackdown on pro-democracy campaigners in Bahrain, has been cleared to stand in February’s Fifa presidential election.
Amid the worst crisis in Fifa’s history, and the field to replace Sepp Blatter as president of the embattled world football governing body narrowed to five after Liberia’s Musa Bility was struck out following integrity checks carried out by Fifa’s ad hoc electoral committee.
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Source: theguardian.com