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FIFA presidential election confirmed for Feb. 26

FIFA's Executive Committee has confirmed the presidential elections will be held on its original date and will make changes to the Code of Ethics.

FIFA's presidential elections will go ahead as planned on Feb. 26 next year, the governing body's executive committee has confirmed.

The provisional 90-day suspension leveled at incumbent Sepp Blatter - as well as secretary general Jerome Valcke - as part of FIFA's anti-corruption investigations had led to calls for the elections to be brought forward or suspended.

Following an extraordinary meeting of the executive committee on Tuesday, however, FIFA has announced the extraordinary elective congress will be held on the original date at the end of February 2016.