FIFA: 64^th congress in Sao Paulo on 10 and 11/06/2014; Blatter expected to announce candidacy

The 64^th annual congress of FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) will be held in Sao Paulo (BRA) on 10 and 11/06/2014, before the opening of the World Cup (12/06 to 13/07/2014). It will bring together the representatives of the 209 national federations affiliated with FIFA.

FIFA will present its activity report and its 2013 financial report on 11/06/2014. Also on the agenda: the reform of FIFA's system for players' agents, the ownership of players by third parties, Israeli-Palestinian relations, the football situations in Kosovo and Cyprus, the fight against discrimination and racism, and the problem of match-fixing.

Setting an age and term limits for FIFA leaders is also in the program. Joseph Blatter, FIFA's president since 08/06/1998, said he was convinced, in an interview with News Tank on 28//04/2014, that the congress in Sao Paulo would not set any age limits. "I do not know with what percentage of votes, but the age limit will be rejected," he said.

"That is total philosophical discrimination," he said at the 36^th ordinary general assembly of CAF…