New Zealand to vote for challenger Ali in FIFA election


Jordan's Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, FIFA presidential candidate, attends the Soccerex Asian Forum on developing the business of football in Asia at the King Hussein Convention Center at the Dead Sea, Jordan, May 4, 2015. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand Football will vote for FIFA presidential challenger Prince Ali bin Al Hussein later on Friday, snubbing their Oceania colleagues and switching allegiance from embattled incumbent Sepp Blatter.

All 11 member nations of the Oceania Football Confederation had pledged to back the 79-year-old Blatter at their January congress in Papua New Guinea, but NZF President Mark Aspden said on Friday they had changed their mind.

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