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.
The body’s executive committee, during a meeting in Zurich, also announced the creation of a reform task force to discuss ways to overhaul the organization and to restore its battered image after FIFA was ensnared in the worst corruption scandal in its history. But officials first set a date for an election to replace Mr. Blatter, who despite speculation that he will try to find a way to maintain his position has repeatedly and consistently said that he will not enter the race.