Caf’s Suketu Patel withdraws from Fifa Council elections

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Suketu Patel’s withdrawal leaves only five candidates for two places

Confederation of African Football vice-president Suketu Patel has withdrawn from the race for the two extra African places on the Fifa Council.

It leaves only five candidates left for the election which is likely to dominate Caf’s Extraordinary General Assembly in Cairo on Thursday.

No reasons were given for Patel’s withdrawal, which Caf has confirmed.

South Sudan Football Association president Chabur Goc Alei pulled out of the election last week.

It leaves Caf’s second vice-president Almamy Kabele Camara of Guinea as the most senior figure in the race and among the favourites along with fellow executive committee member Kwesi Nyantakyi, the Ghana Football Association president.

The other three candidates are Ahmad …

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