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Mohamed bin Hammam, chief of the Asian Football Confederation, talks to local media in Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, Tuesday, May 10, 2011. Hamma...
Mohamed bin Hammam, chief of the Asian Football Confederation, talks to local media in Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, Tuesday, May 10, 2011. Hammam says he will stand against incumbent Sepp Blatter in the FIFA presidential election to be held in June. (AP Photo/Shirley Bahadur)
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FIFA president Joseph S. Blatter, center, kicks the ball at the start of a friendly match between the Senegalese club team Dakar and the Palestinian ...
FIFA president Joseph S. Blatter, center, kicks the ball at the start of a friendly match between the Senegalese club team Dakar and the Palestinian refugee camp team from Amari, in the West Bank town of Aram, near Ramallah, Sunday, May 15, 2011. Blatter said Sunday he was confident of being re-elected president of FIFA when world soccer's governing body votes June 1, brushing off calls from his rival Mohammed bin Hammam to step down over allegations of bribery facing FIFA officials. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
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FIFA president Joseph S. Blatter smiles before the start of a friendly match between the Senegalese club team Dakar and the Palestinian refugee camp ...
FIFA president Joseph S. Blatter smiles before the start of a friendly match between the Senegalese club team Dakar and the Palestinian refugee camp team from Amari, in the West Bank town of Aram, near Ramallah, Sunday, May 15, 2011. Blatter said Sunday he was confident of being re-elected president of FIFA when world soccer's governing body votes June 1, brushing off calls from his rival Mohammed bin Hammam to step down over allegations of bribery facing FIFA officials. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
The African Football Confederation is advising its members to back Sepp Blatter in the FIFA presidential election.
CAF says its ruling executive committee voted "in majority" in a secret ballot to endorse Blatter over Qatari challenger Mohamed bin Hammam.
However, bin Hammam is expected to have widespread support from the 53-nation region when FIFA's 208 members vote on June 1 in Zurich.
Bin Hammam made two campaign trips to Africa last month and earned goodwill when Qatar's 2022 World Cup bid sponsored the 2010 CAF general assembly.
Blatter already has unanimous endorsement from the executive committees of Europe, South America and Oceania.
