ZURICH: FIFA presidential favourites Gianni Infantino and Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al-Khalifa embarked on a final scramble for votes on Wednesday ahead of the election to lead world football's scandal-tainted governing body. The poll is seen as crucial to repairing the organisation's reputation, which has been battered by a series of unprecedented corruption scandals, but just two days before the vote, protests over the secrecy of ballots have mounted. Front-runners Infantino -- the Swiss-Italian acting chief of European football -- and Sheikh Salman of Bahrain, Asian football's president, have so far stayed clear of the controversy...
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