FIFA's president Blatter set to announce candidacy for re-election
GENEVA --
FIFA President Sepp Blatter will announce on Friday his candidacy for re-election in a 2015 campaign he is overwhelmingly favored to win.
No surprise there: Blatter has carefully plotted his path toward formal declaration by many small steps in recent months.
Events this month have perfectly condensed Blatter's 16-and-counting years atop football's often storm-tossed world governing body.
A furor is raging over full disclosure of the investigative report detailing possible corruption in the 2018-2022 World Cup bidding contests won by Russia and Qatar.
Meanwhile, Blatter has been perfectly calm at center stage, mapping what seems an inevitable fifth-term victory next May.
His formal declaration on Friday, after a two-day executive committee session, will compete for attention at the ensuing news conference for attention.
