Top officials of FIFA, world soccer’s governing body, on Monday set a date of Feb. 26, 2016 for a special election to choose a successor to the organization’s embattled president, Sepp Blatter.
FIFA executives met on Monday to discuss ways to overhaul the organization and to restore its battered image after the organization was ensnared in the worst corruption scandal in its history. But they first set a date for an election to replace Mr. Blatter, who said he would not enter the race.
The meeting represented the highest-profile gathering of the sport’s top officials since Mr.