Sepp Blatter has been re-elected as FIFA president for a fifth time after rival candidate Prince Ali bin Al Hussein conceded defeat as the voting went into a second round. Out of the 206 valid votes, Blatter got 133 while Ali obtained 73 as neither candidate was able to obtain the two-thirds majority for an outright win.
"I thank you that you accept me and that for the next four years, I will be in command of this boat called FIFA and we'll bring it back to the shore," Blatter said in his winning speech.
Blatter joined FIFA in 1975 and has been FIFA president since 1998.
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