Jordanian Prince Ali to run again for FIFA presidency
阿里王子宣布竞选FIFA主席

约旦王子阿里-本-侯赛日前正式对外宣布，将再次竞选国际足联主席。此前，他在五月也参选过。

阿里王子将参加2016年2月举行的FIFA大选。

谈到即将面临的FIFA大选，阿里义正言辞地表示：“这次竞选的主题是足球，而不是个人野心。事情已发展到这种地步，我们都无法转身离开。我们必须根治FIFA内部的腐败，我并不害怕打一场艰苦的斗争——这是一场对错之争。”

AMMAN, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- Jordanian Prince Ali Ben Al Hussein said Wednesday he will run again for the FIFA presidency during the elections that will be held on February 26, the state-run Petra news agency reported.

Prince Ali challenged President Sepp Blatter in the elections in May.

Out of the 209 votes cast by member associations in May this year, 206 were finally validated, with 73 going in favor of opposition candidate Prince Ali bin Al Hussein of Jordan, and 133 for Blatter.

As neither candidate reached two-third majority, the election was poised to go to a second round where a simple majority would have sufficed to clinch the presidency.

Al Hussein, the only challenger to the 79-year-old Swiss who was standing for a fifth consecutive term, decided against going for a second ballot and withdrew from the race, automatically giving Blatter the presidency for the next four years.

These results come amid tumultuous times for the football federation following the arrest of seven high-profile FIFA officials in May by Swiss police in Zurich on the request of U.S. authorities.（Shanghaidaily）