Will not stand after 2015: Blatter

FIFA president Sepp Blatter says he will stand down in 2015 if he is re-elected in June. Blatter faces a challenge from Mohamed Bin Hammam, president of the Asian Football Confederation at the FIFA Congress in Zurich on June 1.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter says he will stand down in 2015 if he is re-elected in June.

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"You know I aspire to another four years. These will be the last four years for which I stand as candidate," he said in a speech to the UEFA Congress on Tuesday.

Blatter faces a challenge from Mohamed Bin Hammam, president of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) at the FIFA Congress in Zurich on June 1.

The 75-year-old Swiss, formerly FIFA's secretary general, has held his post since 1998 and is standing for a fourth term.

Both Blatter and his Qatari opponent are in Paris as guests of UEFA.