Bin Hammam Withdraws From Contest to Head Soccer’s FIFA
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Mohamed Bin Hammam, the sole challenger against Sepp Blatter for the presidency of FIFA, has withdrawn from the contest amid accusations of corruption at soccer’s ruling body.
“Recent events have left me hurt and disappointed,” Bin Hammam, a FIFA board member from Qatar, said in a statement on his website. “The game itself and the people who love it around the world must come first. It is for this reason that I announce my withdrawal from the presidential election.”