Danny Jordaan withdraws from race for a place on the Fifa council
South African Football Association (Safa) president Danny Jordaan has unexpectedly pulled out of the race for a place on the Fifa council, creating a crisis for the Confederation of African Football (Caf). Jordaan‚ who has long held ambitions of sitting on the powerful Fifa cabinet‚ pulled out at the same time as his main rival‚ leaving too few candidates to fill Africa’s places on the council. This means another election will be needed in the coming months. South Sudan’s Chabur Goc Alei, the only man standing between Jordaan and a place on the council, has also withdrawn. The Safa president was therefore unopposed in his category and assured of a seat in the inner sanctum of world football’s governing body. But Jordaan also pulled out of the race on Monday‚ in a letter sent at 3pm‚ just hours before Fifa published the results of its integrity checks on the candidates. Attempts to contact him for comment on Tuesday were unsuccessful as he was scheduled to travel back to SA from Zamb...
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