Time to oust Blatter and modernise FIFA says Van Praag

Michael Van Praag, the president of the Dutch Football Association (KNVB), gestures during a news conference in Amsterdam January 28, 2015. REUTERS/Toussaint Kluiters/United Photos

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Michael van Praag, the president of the Dutch Football Association (KNVB), on Wednesday named six countries who are backing his campaign for the FIFA presidency.

Speaking at a news conference to formally launch his challenge to incumbent Sepp Blatter, the erudite 67-year-old said he had nominations from Belgium, Sweden, Scotland, Romania, the Faroe Islands and the Netherlands and had sent them to FIFA.