UEFA to support Blatter in FIFA election

LONDON (Reuters) - UEFA will support incumbent Sepp Blatter in next month's FIFA presidential election, European soccer's governing body said on Friday.

"The UEFA executive committee has decided to give its unanimous support to Mr Joseph S Blatter in the upcoming FIFA presidential elections and strongly recommends all UEFA member associations to do likewise," UEFA said in a statement.
Blatter will be up against Asian Football Confederation president Mohamed Bin Hammam of Qatar in the June 1 election and UEFA's announcement could now swing the vote in his favour.
UEFA holds 53 of the 208 votes that will be up for grabs.
Blatter, bidding for a fourth term in office, has already been promised the unanimous support of South America which has 10 votes.
The Swiss also expects the backing of the CONCACAF region which is expected to vote as a block.