A combination of file photos shows potential candidates to become the next FIFA president (L-R) UEFA president Michel Platini, Royal Dutch Football Association chairman Michael van Praag, former Portuguese footballer Luis Figo, Jordan's Prince Ali bin al-Hussein, German football federation president Wolfgang Niersbach and US soccer federation president Sunil Gulati. Sepp Blatter resigned as president of FIFA on June 2, 2015 in a stunning capitulation to critics as a mounting corruption scandal engulfed world football's governing body. AFP PHOTO
ZURICH: Sepp Blatter's shock resignation opened up a new race Wednesday to become president of FIFA with a mission to reform football's scandal-tainted world body.