FIFA candidate Salman says FIFA to stay in Zurich - interview


FIFA presidential candidate Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa attends an interview with Reuters in Panama City, Panama, January 8, 2016. REUTERS/Rafael Ibarra

ZURICH (Reuters) - FIFA presidential candidate Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa plans to keep the world soccer body's headquarters in Zurich and retain the name "FIFA" if he wins the race for the game's top job later this month.

Salman, answering questions in an interview published in the Zurich daily Tages-Anzeiger on Saturday, also denied accusations that he used funds from the Bahrain football association he headed at the time to win a FIFA executive committee seat.

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