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FIFA will have a new president on February 26. After 18 years, Sepp Blatters controversial reign will come to an official end at the FIFA Congress in Zurich. Five candidates want to replace Blatter and become the most powerful man in world football, and whoever wins will become the ninth elected president in FIFAs 112-year history.The new president will be elected in a secret ballot of FIFAs 209 member associations, but Kuwait and Indonesia are banned, so there may be only 207 votes up for grabs. Africa has 54 votes, Europe 53, Asia 46, North and Central America and the Caribbean 35, Oceania 11 and South America 10. A candidate needs two thirds of the votes to win in the first round. In subsequent rounds, the candidate with the lowest number of votes drops out and a simple majority is required to win.During the past three months, Sky Sports News HQ has interviewed all five candidates - Sheikh Salman of Bahrain, Gianni Infantino, Prince Ali of Jordan, Jerome Champagne and Tokyo Sexwale.Over the next few days we are profiling each candidate, study their manifestos and assess their chances. We continue the analysis by looking at Prince Ali.Profile: Sheikh SalmanProfile: Tokyo SexwaleProfile: Jerome ChampagnePRINCE ALI:WHY IS HE STANDING?This is the second time Prince Ali has tried to become FIFA president. He was Sepp Blatters only challenger in last Mays election. At the time, he was the anti-Blatter candidate and the UEFA candidate because Michel Platini decided not to stand.Since then, Prince Ali and Platini have had a falling out. In September, Prince Ali called Platini the son of Blatter. He said Platini was part of FIFAs problem and not the solution.Without UEFAs backing, Prince Alis campaign seemed to be doomed from the start, even though according to UK bookmakers he was the early favourite. Prince Ali accused Michel Platini of being the son of Blatter WHAT ARE HIS CHANCES?As a former member of the Jordanian special forces, it is not surprising that Prince Ali relishes a challenge, but it is difficult to see how he can win on Friday.In last years election he was beaten 133 to 73 by Blatter. The majority of his 73 votes came from UEFA. This time, those votes will be going to Gianni Infantino.Prince Ali does not have the backing of his own Asian Football Confederation (AFC) because the vast majority of their 46 votes will be going to the AFC president Sheikh Salman. There is no love lost between Sheikh Salman and Prince Ali. During a news conference in Geneva on February 11, Prince Ali referred to Sheikh Salman as that person.He said he used to get on with Sheikh Salman, but he had big issues with him now. He described Sheikh Salman as the wrong man for FIFA.Prince Ali lost his seat on the FIFA executive committee because the seat he occupied was given to Sheikh Salman by the AFC. During his Geneva news conference, Prince Ali also criticised Sheikh Salman for not doing enough to protect Bahraini players after pro-democracy protests in Bahrain in 2011. Sheikh Salman says he did nothing wrong.Prince Ali will not win but his voters could become kingmakers in later rounds. Once he drops out, his backers could switch their votes to Infantino. WHAT KIND OF PRESIDENT WILL HE BE?In the unlikely event that he wins, he would have to build bridges in Asia and Europe, although building a bridge to Sheikh Salman would appear to be mission impossible.During interviews Prince Ali comes across as an impressive man and he is obviously passionate about the game. He is an effective public speaker, but he would have to choose his words more carefully if he was the most powerful man in world football. Upsetting the presidents of major confederations such as Europe and Asia would lead to serious problems.Ordinary fans do not get a vote in the election, if they did, Prince Ali would probably win. He came top of pressure group New FIFA Nows election poll with 28 per cent of the 16,500 votes.WHAT STANDS OUT IN HIS MANIFESTO? His 24-page manifesto contains his vision for FIFA and football. He says he wants to restore FIFAs credibility by introducing 21st century governance standards. There is a pledge to co-operate with the Swiss and US authorities investigating FIFA and a commitment to releasing the full findings of Michael Garcias report into the bidding processes for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.Prince Ali has also released a timeline of his key activities for his first 12 months in office. According to the document, in his first two months in office he would commission a detailed business review, begin the recruitment process for a FIFA CEO and review the bid process for World Cups.Funding for FIFAs 209 member association would quadruple from £170,000 a year to £700,000 a year. He is also committed to setting up an independent oversight group led by former United Nations general secretary Kofi Annan.WHAT DOES HE THINK OF SEPP BLATTER?Prince Ali is the only candidate who does not need to pay homage to Blatter. He sees himself as the only person who was brave enough to challenge Blatter last year.Ali and Blatter were once on good terms, but they fell out when Prince Ali spoke his mind and refused to do what he was told on the executive committee. He was one of the few FIFA insiders brave enough to speak out and act, but that has earned him as many enemies as friends. Prince Alis manifesto includes a review of the World Cup bidding process WHO DOES HE BLAME FOR THE FIFA CRISIS?Prince Ali joined the FIFA executive committee in 2011, so he has inside knowledge about what has gone wrong. He blames Blatter and senior football officials for the crisis. He describes this election as FIFAs last chance to get it right. WHO DOES HE SUPPORT?Prince Ali has supported Arsenal since the days when they played at Highbury. He is quietly confident that they will win the Premier League title this season.He says he has tremendous respect for Arsene Wenger and he believes it would be a great achievement if the French boss won the title again. Profile: Sheikh SalmanProfile: Tokyo SexwaleProfile: Jerome ChampagneWatch full coverage of the FIFA Presidential Election on February 26 on Sky Sports News HQ. Also See: Profile: Tokyo Sexwale Profile: Sheikh Salman FA to back Infantino Platini upbeat Blatter appeal to be heard Malik Allen Jersey Signed . The quest begins with what is supposed to be an easy one, although Germany has traditionally been a stubborn opponent to Canadian teams at international tournaments. Nike NBA Jerseys . -- Eastern Kentucky thrives off creating havoc for others. https://www.cheapnbajerseysjustwholesale.com/terrence-jones-jersey-signed/ . Defencemen Drew Doughty, Shea Weber and forward Ryan Getzlaf also scored for the Canadians, who started their gold-medal defence 2-0. 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Marathon world-record holder Paula Radcliffe said Friday that comments she made concerning Caster Semenya have been misrepresented after stating in a radio interview that the South Africans current dominance in the 800 meters is no longer sport.Radcliffe said her remarks on Semenya being so dominant that she was expected to win the Olympic title next month were part of a longer live debate she took part in on the issue of hyperandrogenism in sport. Hyperandrogenism is a condition where a woman has much higher levels of testosterone than normal.Semenya was ordered to undergo gender tests when she won the world title in 2009, and wasnt allowed to compete for 11 months after the tests.The IAAF was forced to drop rules that limited testosterone levels in female athletes last year after they were challenged by another runner at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.This season, Semenya has been clearly dominant. Last week, Semenya ran a personal best and her fastest time since the 2009 world championshipsI fear that when we talk about it in terms of fully expect no other result than Caster Semenya to win that 800 meters (at the Olympics), then its no longer sport and its no longer an open race, Radcliffe said in audio clips from the debate published by the BBC.In the interview, Radcliffe also appeared to suggest hyperandrogenism could become similar to organized doping.I mean, weve seen the lengths that countries like Russia will go to to have major success on the world stage, on the Olympic stage. I think what worries me is we know that there are certain communities where the condition of intersex, of hyperandrogenism, is more prevalent, Radcliffe said.We dont want to get to the situation where people are actively ggoing to those communities to seek out girls who look like theyre going to be able to go out and perform, and to run fast, and then take them away and train them.dddddddddddd It becomes a manipulated situation where they are being manipulated and the ethics of fair sport and fair play are being manipulated.The clips from the radio show Thursday appeared to have been edited, and in her statement on Friday, Radcliffe said: ...unless you listen to the entire debate, snippets taken and printed will entirely misrepresent what was said.I tried to get across how difficult and complicated the situation is and how finding a solution where nobody gets hurt is pretty much impossible, Radcliffe said.Last year, the IAAF was forced to suspend the rules it had to control some female athletes testosterone levels after they were challenged at the Court of Arbitration for Sport by another runner, Indias Dutee Chand.The IAAF said high testosterone levels give some female athletes an unfair advantage, but Chand challenged that assertion, and the IAAF was told to do more research to show how much advantage testosterone gives. In Chands case, Radcliffe testified in support of the IAAF and the rules limiting testosterone. She said she and other top athletes felt women with hyperandrogenism had an unfair advantage in competition.Semenyas career has been controversial since she emerged as an unknown 18-year-old and easily beat the field to win the world championships seven years ago.Citing medical confidentiality, the IAAF has never released results of the tests performed on Semenya or details of her case. ' ' '