Sepp Blatter has refused to resign as Fifa president following a request
from Uefa chief Michel Platini.
The 79-year-old Swiss held an emergency meeting with key Fifa officials
on Thursday after world football's governing body was subjected to yet
more damaging corruption claims.
He then met Platini alone, at which point he was urged to quit.
Blatter is seeking a fifth term as president when he takes on Prince Ali bin
al-Hussein in Friday's election.
Several influential football figures want the vote delayed after seven Fifa
officials were arrested in Zurich on Wednesday.
But others, among them English Football Association chairman Greg Dyke,
think it should go ahead, believing Prince Ali now has a good chance of
beating Blatter.
Uefa, which governs European football, decided on Thursday not to
boycott the election after initially suggesting it might do.
It will continue to back Prince Ali.
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