(CNN)A new FIFA president will be elected on February 26, 2016, football's world governing body has announced. An Emergency Executive Committee meeting in Zurich has determined that will be the date when Sepp Blatter's successor is known. Follow @cnnsport The Swiss has led FIFA since 1998 but decided to stand down on June 2 as the game's world governing body battled two corruption scandals. Read: FIFA reforms - what happens next? So far only two men -- former Brazil international Zico and Liberian FA president Musa Bility -- have announced their candidacy, but a wave of new names is expected now a timeline has been announced. There is increasing speculation that Michel Platini may stand for...
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