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FIFA Election Day: Questions and Answers

Questions and answers about the indictments of 14 soccer officials and marketing executives, including top FIFA officials, on corruption charges.

u25a0 Sepp Blatter was re-elected as FIFA’s president on Friday, emerging from a week of scandal and renewed public criticism with a fifth term as the head of soccer’s world governing body. On the first ballot of FIFA’s member federations, Mr. Blatter got 133 votes, just short of the two-thirds majority required. His challenger, Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of Jordan, got 73 votes. Ali withdrew from the race before the second ballot was called.

u25a0 Prior to the vote Friday, Mr.