fifa vice president sheik al khalifa, the president of the and comes from bahrain. football a former football player from trinidad has also entered the race. david nakhid played for the national team. south african businessman tokyo sexwale announced his can't saysy. he was a former apartheid prisoner and a member of fifa's global task force against racism and discrimination. former deputy secretary jerome cha champagne. the head of musa bility. and infantino. the corruption scandal engulfing fifa came to light in may after u.s. prosecutors indicted 14 people. among them were nine fifa officials. u.s. investigators suspect that over a 20-year period the defendants paid or offered bribes of over $150 million for media and marketing rights. blater announced he would step down after a new president is elected. he held the post since 19 8. he and the vice president felt the heat from scandal. both have been handed a 90-day provisional ban from football and swiss prosecutors are investigating a payment of 2 million swiss francs made between the two in 2011. flatini filed