FIFA candidate Sexwale wants shirt sponsors for national teams


Former Minister and current leader of a FIFA committee overseeing development of football in Palestine Tokyo Sexwale speaks at the Securing Sport 2015 conference of the International Centre for Sports Security (ICSS) in New York, November 3, 2015. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

ZURICH (Reuters) - FIFA presidential candidate Tokyo Sexwale says he wants national teams to be able to wear sponsors' names on their shirts at an expanded World Cup tournament.

South African Sexwale, a prisoner under apartheid who became a politician and businessman, unveiled his election manifesto on Wednesday as he bids to replace Sepp Blatter at the helm of world football's governing body in the Feb. 26 vote.

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