[ASIA] An election with potential repercussions for FIFA’s future will take place Thursday in Doha, Qatar, when the Asian Football Confederation holds itscongress. Korean Chung Mong Joon, a FIFA vice president since 1994, will attempt to hold off a challenge from Prince Ali bin AlHussein of Jordan and win a fifth term on the executive committee. If successful, Chung, the controlling shareholder in industrial giant Hyundai, a major FIFA sponsor, may launch a campaign tounseat Sepp Blatter as FIFA president later in the year.
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