FIFA president Sepp Blatter signs autographs on a ball after the Swiss women's soccer A team qualifyed for the FIFA Women's World Cup, in Luzern March 27, 2015. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
MANAMA (Reuters) - FIFA president Sepp Blatter praised the president of the Asian Football Confederation Shaikh Salman of Bahrain for "cleaning up" the confederation in a speech to delegates at the AFC's congress on Thursday.
Blatter, 79, who is seeking a fifth term as FIFA president in next month's election, gave an uncharacteristically low-key speech and again used his favourite shipping analogy to describe the progress made by the confederation since former AFC president Mohamed Bin Hammam was banned for life two years ago.
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