FIFA Holds First Meeting Since Sepp Blatter Resignation Announcement

Sepp Blatter will host Michel Platini and football’s other continental presidents later Sunday, in their first formal meeting since the FIFA president announced he would leave office amid a corruption crisis.

The closed-door meeting at FIFA headquarters helps prepare for an executive committee session on Monday, called at short notice to set a date for the presidential election to replace Blatter.

Platini, the UEFA president and former France great, is currently favored to win a ballot that requires a four-month campaign by FIFA election rules.