BANGKOK A bitter and raw political fight for a seat on FIFA's powerful executive committee, involving claims of vote buying and perceived threats of violence, will be resolved within a week by an Asian Football Confederation vote.
Both the executive committee seat and presidency of the AFC will be at stake when 46 member nations choose between 13-year incumbent and AFC chief Mohamed bin Hammam of Qatar and his challenger Sheik Salman Bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa of Bahrain - former friends who have become bitter rivals.
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