Fifa presidency: Five candidates confirmed for 26 February election

Fifa has confirmed that five candidates will battle for the presidency of football's world governing body when voting takes place on 26 February.

Those five are Prince Ali bin al-Hussein, Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa, Gianni Infantino, Tokyo Sexwale and Jerome Champagne.

Gianni:

Age: 45
Nationality: Italian/Swiss
Current position: Uefa general secretary (since 2009)
Previous positions: Joined Uefa in 2000 as a lawyer and secretary general of the International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES) at the University of Neuchâtel

Sexwale:

Age: 62
Nationality: South African
Current position: Mining tycoon
Previous positions: Anti-apartheid campaigner (jailed for 13 years on Robben Island), former government minister, member of Fifa anti-discrimination task force, South Africa Apprentice presenter

Prince Ali:

Age: 40
Nationality: Jordanian
Current position: President of Jordan Football Association and founder and president of the West Asian Football Federation.
Previous positions: Former Fifa vice-president

Champagne:

Age: 57
Nationality: French
Current position: Consultant in international football
Previous position: A former diplomat, he worked for Fifa for 11 years as an executive and an advisor to president Sepp Blatter, before leaving in 2010

Bin:

Age: 50
Nationality: Bahraini
Current position: Asian Football Confederation president and Fifa vice-president
Previous position: Former head of Bahrain FA

Prince Ali IN

None of them, all got previous

FIFA is broken beyond repair. Its reputation is in tatters. Time to start a totally new football governance body with non football people among its top leadership.

Sexwale, purely for the name alone.

Of all of them Ali seems to have the least baggage and at least says a lot of the right things in terms of reform and transparency. Anyone's guess as to whether he'd follow through with it all though.