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Tokyo Sexwale hopes to fix 'broken' FIFA if elected as president

Tokyo Sexwale has confirmed he will stand in FIFA presidential race
Image: Tokyo Sexwale says FIFA is broken and he is the right man to fix it

Tokyo Sexwale has vowed to fix 'broken' FIFA if he is chosen to become the next president of football's world governing body.

The anti-apartheid campaigner turned businessman from South Africa is one of eight candidates in the race to succeed Sepp Blatter, who announced in June that he would be standing down after a series of scandals.

FIFA has been in turmoil since May when seven officials were detained in Switzerland on United States arrest warrants, and Blatter is one of a number of officials currently serving a provisional 90-day suspension issued by the body's ethics committee.

Sexwale says he will do everything he can to rid FIFA of corruption as he looks to gain the vital support of African nations for his presidential bid, with the election set for February 26, 2016.

"FIFA is broken and what is broken is the administration," Sexwale said. "For me that is the easiest thing I know - administration.

"It has made a lot of money under Mr Blatter, but I have administered organisations - banks, mining companies - far larger both in the country and abroad.

Tokyo Sexwale
Image: Sexwale says he has vast experience of administration in major organisations

"Money has got traces, it has got invoices. If you follow the money, it has got fingerprints, footprints. It has got tracks.

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"It is about good financial management, control systems, making sure things are done and there is a lot of transparency and accountability.

"That is what I am taking to CAF [the Confederation of African Football] on Wednesday and that is what I would like to bring to FIFA.

"Win or lose, people will know there was an African who was here, who shook things up."

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