Scala to supervise integrity checks on FIFA candidates

Domenico Scala, head of FIFA's watchdog audit and compliance committee, talks on his mobile phone in the FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland July 20, 2015. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

ZURICH (Reuters) - A FIFA committee headed by Domenico Scala will supervise integrity checks on candidates hoping to stand in February's election to replace Sepp Blatter as president of world football's governing body.

FIFA said on Tuesday that Scala, chair of their Independent Audit and Compliance Committee, would be the Ad-hoc Electoral Committee chairman.