Tokyo Sexwale expected to stand as FIFA Presidential candidate as Confederation of African Football meet in Cairo

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South African Tokyo Sexwale expected to stand for FIFA presidency
Confederation of African Football meet in Cairo on Saturday to decide
Former FIFA executive Jerome Champagne declared candidature on Friday
Asbestos has been found in Lord's Warner Stand and delays refurbishment
FA launch probe into Northumberland chief executive Clive Oliver

Published: 16:30 EST, 23 October 2015 | Updated: 16:30 EST, 23 October 2015

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A meeting of African football powerbrokers in Cairo on Saturday could go a long way to deciding the make-up of the FIFA presidential election.

It is understood that South African Tokyo Sexwale will stand as a candidate if he receives the full support of the Confederation of African Football.

If that happens, the multi-millionaire diamond mining tycoon — a former government minister who was imprisoned on Robben Island alongside Nelson Mandela — would be a formidable contender for the FIFA crown.

South African's Tokyo Sexwale to stand for FIFA presidency at meeting of Confederation of African Football

The most likely main rival for Sexwale, who was on the 2010 World Cup organising committee, is still expected to be Bahrain’s Sheik Salman.

But he has the obstacle of having to combat human rights issues and might wait until Monday’s deadline before deciding his move.

Former FIFA executive Jerome Champagne declared his candidature for the FIFA preisdency on Friday

Europe’s problem is that supporting any other UEFA candidate while the future of suspended president Michel Platini is unclear looks like they have given up on the Frenchman, who could pull out of the race before the deadline.

Former FIFA executive Jerome Champagne, who declared his candidature on Friday, is considered a Sepp Blatter stooge by UEFA and not a serious contender — nor is Prince Ali of Jordan.

Credit to Alan Brazil, talkSPORT’s talisman presenter, for not going along with the pretence of implying the station’s regular updates of England’s second Test against Pakistan are coming from Dubai when they are being done off the TV.

Brazil admitted on Friday that cricket reporter Jonathan Norman was in a studio at talkSport’s London headquarters.

Alan Brazil, a presenter on talkSPORT, admitted their cricket updates were from the studio not live from Dubai

FA councillor Richard Tur is at the centre of a discriminatory storm after calling for a fanciful investigation into FA independent board member Heather Rabbatts for breaking ranks to support former Chelsea doctor Eva Carneiro and criticise the FA disciplinary process.

But at the same time as his attack on prominent women in football, 70-year-old Tur, who represents Oxford University on the FA Council, is searching for female company on the dating agency Twoo under the nom de plume Turbo2r.

‘Turbo’ describes himself as a mature, single gentleman who teaches law at Oxford University and whose interests include association football, music, literature, art, cars and sexuality.

When asked about internet dating on Twoo, Tur said: ‘This doesn’t register. Dinosaurs like me can’t remember everything we might have done.’

FA independent board member Heather Rabbatts was subject of investigation by FA councillor Richard Tur

The rebuilding of the Warner Stand at Lord’s has been delayed for a fortnight after asbestos was discovered in the roof at the demolition stage and specialists had to dispose of a number of affected sheets.

A Lord’s spokesman said there had been no health threats and the building cost remained at £25million.

However, the concern has to be the possibility of asbestos in other stands.

The rebuilding of the Warner Stand has been delayed for a fortnight after asbestos was discovered in the roof

FA launch Oliver probe

The FA have launched an investigation into serious complaints made from inside the Northumberland FA about the conduct of chief executive Clive Oliver, who has resigned his position.

It is alleged in the list of complaints sent to the ruling body that former Football League referee Oliver, the father of Premier League select group official Michael, had on several occasions behaved in an inappropriate way around women.

Sports Agenda revealed on Friday that Northumberland clubs had protested about Oliver allegedly showing favouritism to certain officials, including level three female referee Helen Conley. But the concerns at the way Oliver was running the County FA run much deeper than that.

Oliver was due to leave his job in a fortnight but was told by Northumberland FA chairman Alan Wright to clear his desk on Friday.

An FA spokesman said: ‘The FA are supporting the County FA during this time.’ Wright said: ‘The FA are investigating. That’s all I can say.’ Oliver was unavailable for comment.

The public response to England’s woeful World Cup will be shown next week by the interest, or lack of it, in the RFU’s four-day participation and legacy programme in Trafalgar Square — three weeks after the hosts were dumped out.

Events include referee taster sessions at a time when World Rugby have done everything to discourage new interest by hanging referee Craig Joubert out to dry after his blunder cost Scotland a semi-final place.