- JOHANNESBURG: FIFA president Sepp Blatter has told football's 200-plus nations that he will seek re-election for another four-year term.
- Blatter closed the annual FIFA Congress on Thursday telling delegates he would stand again in 2011, and continue putting his "strength, energy, experience and passion" into football if they wanted him.
His offer was met with applause.
The 74-year-old Blatter is due for re-election at a congress scheduled next June in FIFA's home city of Zurich, Switzerland.
Blatter was elected FIFA president in 1998 and won a fierce re-election fight in 2002 before being returned unopposed in 2007.
Under the Swiss official's leadership, FIFA has built up reserves of $1 billion (€828,000) thanks to the World Cup's commercial success.