Jerome Champagne

FIFA approves five presidential candidates, Platini pending

FIFA on Thursday approved five candidates to stand in February's vote to replace Sepp Blatter as president of world football's governing body, but Michel Platini has not yet made the list.

Jerome Champagne out of FIFA presidential race

Champagne, needing the backing of five national associations for his bid, said in a statement that he had won the backing of only three.

Blatter says his mission is not finished, wants fifth term as FIFA prez

In response to the new reports, FIFA stressed that Blatter's plan was still to ask the 209 national associations in world body at the congress whether they want him to run again.

Blatter challenger Jerome Champagne and his idea of a new FIFA...

Jerome Champagne is one of the front-runners to challenge Sepp Blatter for the FIFA presidency. In a candid chat over the phone from France, he tells us his idea of a new FIFA.

Exclusive: 'FIFA neglected India, but even India neglected football'

One of Champagne's governance challenges which he has outlined in his campaign is to bridge the gap between European football and the rest of the world.