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FIFA will have a new president on February 26. After 18 years, Sepp Blatters controversial reign will come to an official end at the FIFA Congress in Zurich. Five candidates want to replace Blatter and become the most powerful man in world football, and whoever wins will become the ninth elected president in FIFAs 112-year history.The new president will be elected in a secret ballot of FIFAs 209 member associations, but Kuwait and Indonesia are banned, so there may be only 207 votes up for grabs. Africa has 54 votes, Europe 53, Asia 46, North and Central America and the Caribbean 35, Oceania 11 and South America 10. A candidate needs two thirds of the votes to win in the first round. In subsequent rounds, the candidate with the lowest number of votes drops out and a simple majority is required to win.During the past three months, Sky Sports News HQ has interviewed all five candidates - Sheikh Salman of Bahrain, Gianni Infantino, Prince Ali of Jordan, Jerome Champagne and Tokyo Sexwale.With congress just around the corner, we conclude our look at the candidates by exploring UEFAs general secretary.Profile: Sheikh SalmanProfile: Tokyo SexwaleProfile: Jerome ChampagneProfile: Prince Ali Infantino is well known in European circles and to fans whose clubs reach the Champions League draw GIANNI INFANTINO...WHY IS HE STANDING?WHY IS HE STANDING?Infantino is UEFAs Plan B. When Michel Platini was questioned by Swiss prosecutors in September about the £1.3 million payment he received from Sepp Blatter, UEFA knew their presidents bid to become FIFA president was in serious trouble. Infantino was parachuted into the race and it was always expected that he would drop out if Platini cleared his name.In December, Platini was banned from football for eight years by FIFAs ethics committee. His ban has been reduced by FIFAs appeal committee to six years. Last month he withdrew his FIFA candidacy when it became clear that he had run out of time to overturn the ban before the final election deadline of 26 January.With Platini out of the race, Infantino became UEFAs man - the accidental candidate.WHAT ARE HIS CHANCES?Momentum is key in elections and Infantino appears to have more of it than the other candidates. Once it became clear that Platini would not re-enter the race, Infantino hit the campaign trail. He has been to more than 70 countries in two months and he expects to win votes from all of FIFAs six confederations.As UEFA general secretary, he can count on almost all of Europes 53 votes and he won the backing of the South American CONMEBOL confederation, although they also seem to have backed Sheikh Salman. Infantino also has the support of the Central American Football Union and he has been backed by high-profile figures from within the game such as Jose Mourinho, Luis Figo, Roberto Carlos and Fabio Capello. Infantino is keen to see the World Cup increased to 40 teams After a long-drawn out process, Infantino also received the backing of the FA on 17 February. His campaign team say he has about 70 promised votes and that could rise to about 100 in the second round of voting.Infantinos main challenge will be to win votes in parts of the world where there is an an anti-European bias. There are plenty of Blatter loyalists who blame Europe for their leaders downfall. They think UEFA is too powerful and arrogant and they will not vote to give it more power.WHAT KIND OF PRESIDENT WILL HE BE?Infantino would be the safest pair of hands. He has worked at UEFA for 16 years and he became general secretary in 2009. Since then, he claims to have overseen a trebling of UEFAs revenues and he calls himself a numbers man.He has experience of running major competitions such as the Champions League and Euro 2012.He is fluent in English, French, German, Spanish and Italian. His law degree from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland would help him deal with all of FIFAs legal problems.WHAT STANDS OUT IN HIS MANIFESTO?Infantino is committed to expanding the World Cup from 32 to 40 teams and he would like to see the tournament held across confederations rather than in only one country. Infantino insists hes the only FIFA presidential candidate that can reform world footballs governing body He is proposing term limits of 12 years for the president and senior officials and he would also disclose his own salary and those of his executives. He says his own UEFA salary will soon be disclosed and he claims it is much less than the reported £4.5m a year.One of the most eye-catching - and voter friendly - features of his manifesto is his pledge of riches for all. He says FIFA should aim to return 50 per cent of its revenues back to its 209 member instead of the current 18 per cent. That would mean that over a four-year cycle, each FA would receive £3.5m and the six confederations would get £28m.Infantinos slick 50-page manifesto also contains a pledge to set up a legends team which would travel the world playing friendly matches and promote football, social projects and charitable aims.Infantinto has also promised to reveal a secret pledge from his manifesto on the eve of the election.WHAT DOES HE THINK OF SEPP BLATTER?Infantino says it would be wrong to judge Blatter until the former FIFA has had a chance to clear his name and overturn his eight year ban. The UEFA general secretary also feels Sepp Blatter deserves credit for the work he has done within FIFA, not just the criticism from recent scandals The UEFA general secretary also feels Sepp Blatter deserves credit for the work he has done within FIFA, not just the criticism from recent scandals According to Infantino, Blatter should be respected for the work he did at FIFA, especially in developing the game around the world. He has not completely ruled out making Blatter honorary president if he clears his name. He says Blatter made a mistake by not retiring after the last World Cup.WHO DOES HE BLAME FOR THE FIFA CRISIS?Infantino is in a difficult position because he cannot criticise Blatter or his UEFA boss Platini in public as much as he may want. Like all the other candidates, he cannot risk losing votes by criticising FIFA or Blatter too strongly. Instead, he talks in couched terms about the mistakes of the past. He feels on much safer ground talking about his plans plans for the future and his three key pillars - reforms and good governance, democracy and participation and football development.WHO DOES HE SUPPORT?He does not want to speak about it during the campaign, but Infantino is an Inter Milan fan. His candidacy has been endorsed by former Inter manager Jose Mourinho and former Inter players Javier Zanetti, Luis Figo and Roberto Carlos. Profile: Sheikh SalmanProfile: Tokyo SexwaleProfile: Jerome ChampagneProfile; Prince Ali Also See: Prince Ali Jerome Champagne Tokyo Sexwale Sheikh Salman Vente Yeezy 700 .25 million option on reliever Jose Veras. Air Jordan 1 Pas Cher France .J. Ellis hit two-run homers and the NL West champion Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the San Diego Padres 4-0 Saturday night. http://www.airmaxpaschervente.fr/destockage-air-max-95-france.html . 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BOSTON -- Derek Stepan and Kevin Hayes each scored short-handed goals, Antti Raanta made 35 saves and the surging New York Rangers beat the Boston Bruins 5-2 on Saturday night.Pavel Buchnevich added a power-play goal, Stepan had two assists, and Michael Grabner and Nick Holden also scored for New York, which won its fourth straight game and seventh in the last eight.David Pastrnak and Patrice Bergeron scored for the Bruins, who had won their last three games. Tuukka Rask made 19 saves, but lost for the first time after winning his first six starts.New York took a 2-1 lead on Stepans goal late in the first period as he broke in alone after taking a pass from Grabner. Rask poked the puck off his stick, but it caromed off both of the wingers skates and slid into the net.Hayes scored on the end of a 3-on-1 break at 2:18 of the second to make it 3-1.LIGHTNING 4, DEVILS 1TAMPA, Fla. -- Victor Hedman and Nikita Kucherov both had a goal and an assist, Brayden Point scored his first NHL goal and the Lightning beat the Devils.Brian Boyle also scored for Tampa Bay, and Ben Bishop made 37 saves.New Jersey got a goal from Damon Severson. Cory Schneider stopped 31 shotsHedman put Tampa Bay up 2-1 with 11:33 left in the second from the blue line.Shortly before Hedmans goal, Severson hit the post and Kucherov had his backhander go off the cross bar and then get swept off the goal line by Schneiders stick.Point, in his 12th NHL games, made it 3-1 at 5:01 of the third when he redirected Kucherovs shot during a power play.BLUES 2, BLUE JACKETS 1, OTST. LOUIS -- Jay Bouwmeester tied it in early the third period and Vladimir Tarasenko scored the winner late in overtime to lift the Blues to a victory over the Blue Jackets.Carter Hutton stopped 20 shots for his second win of the season, helping the Blues improve to 4-1-1 at home this season and have give them five wins in the last six meetings with the Blue Jackets at Scottrade Center.Josh Anderson scored for Columbus, who was coming off a 10-0 win against Montreal the previous night and snapped a three-game winning streak. Curtis McElhinney finished with 28 saves.Bouwmeester ripped a shot past McElhinney from the left dot at 2:16 of the third with his first goal since Feb. 22, 2016, against San Jose.Tarasenkos wrister with 43 seconds on the clock in overtime broke his seven-game goal-scoring drought.AVALANCHE 1, WILD 0DENVER -- Gabriel Landeskog scored with 9:37 remaining, Calvin Pickard stopped 32 shots for his second NHL shutout and the Avalanche beat the Wild.Landeskogs goal ended a Colorado scoring drought that lasted more than 164 minutes. He found the net on a pass from Matt Duchene and then hopped into the arms of Nathan MacKinnon in excitement.Earlier in the third period, Landeskog got into a brief scuffle with Devan Dubnyk after agitating the Minnesota goalie in front of the net.Pickard stepped in for a struggling Semyon Varlamov and kept the Wild offense in check.CANADIENS 5, FLYERS 4MONTREAL -- Tomas Plekanec scored a short-handed goal in the third period to lift the Canadiens to a win over the Flyers.Andrei Markov, Greg Pateryn, Alex Galchenyuk and Phillip Danault also scored for Montreal (10-1-1) while Carey Price stopped 34-of-38 shots.Chris VandeVelde, Shayne Gostisbehere, Claude Giroux and Travis Konecny scored for Philadelphia (6-6-1), which saw its three-game winning streak snapped. Michal Neuvirth made 12 saves in defeat.Plekanec scored the eventual winner at 10:57 while the Habs were playing down a man. Streaking down the wing, Plekanec beat Neuvirth for his first goal of the season.OILERS 4, ISLANDERS 3, SONEW YORK -- Mark Letestu scored the only goal in the shootout to lift the Oilers to a victory over the Islanders.Letestu beat Islanders goalie Jaroslav Halak to the glove side to snap the Oilers three-game skid (0-2-1) after starting the season with seeven wins in eight games.ddddddddddddatrick Maroon, Leon Draisaitl, and Milan Lucic scored in regulation for the Oilers, and Cam Talbot made 30 saves as Edomonton beat the Islanders on the road for the first time since December 1999.Nick Leddy, Shane Prince and Casey Cizikas scored for New York, and Halak finished with 20 saves. The Islanders have lost three straight, including the last two in shootouts.Halak denied Jordan Eberle point-blank early in overtime before Talbot made a similar sprawling save at the other end.SABRES 2, SENATORS 1OTTAWA, Ontario -- Kyle Okposo and Sam Reinhart scored in the third period in the Sabres comeback victory over the Senators.Robin Lehner made 32 saves for his first win against his former team.Okposo tied it early in the period, tipping a point shot from Jake McCabe past Craig Anderson.The Sabres took their first lead when Reinhart took advantage of a turnover at the side of the Ottawa goal. Anderson stopped the first shot, but Reinhart was able to jam a loose puck in between the skate of Anderson and the post at 8:22.The Senators had an opportunity to tie it with a four-minute power play after Dmitry Kulikov got a high stick into the face of Bobby Ryan, but were unable to produce.Mike Hoffman scored for Ottawa, and Anderson made 30 saves.CAPITALS 4, PANTHERS 2WASHINGTON -- T.J. Oshie scored twice, including the game-winner during a third-period flurry, as the Capitals beat the Panthers for their fifth consecutive victory.Oshie, Alex Ovechkin and Lars Eller scored three goals on five shots in less than five minutes as the Capitals finally cracked Roberto Luongo. Floridas goaltender had flummoxed Washington for much of the game and finished with 32 saves.Jared McCann and Reilly Smith scored for Florida, which was opportunistic despite being outshot 36-24. McCanns goal was his first with the Panthers after an offseason trade from Vancouver.Capitals starter Braden Holtby made 22 saves for his sixth win of the season.MAPLE LEAFS 6, CANUCKS 3TORONTO -- Tyler Bozak scored twice and had an assist to lead the Maple Leafs to a victory over Vancouver, handing the Canucks their eighth straight loss.Nazem Kadri, Mitch Marner, Nikita Soshnikov and Jake Gardiner also scored as the Leafs won their third straight. Frederik Andersen stopped 23 of 26 shots before being replaced by Jhonas Enroth, who had three saves in his 5:08.Derek Dorsett, Henrik Sedin and Daniel Sedin scored for the Canucks, and Ryan Miller finished with 36 saves. Vancouver is 0-7-1 while getting shut out four times since beating Buffalo on Oct. 20.HURRICANES 3, PREDATORS 2, SONASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Jaccob Slavin scored the only goal of the shootout to lead the Hurricanes to a victory over the Predators.Jeff Skinner and Ron Hainsey scored in regulation for Carolina, which ended a two-game losing streak. Cam Ward finished with 25 saves through overtime and denied all three Nashville attempts in the shootout.James Neal and Matt Irwin had the goals for the Predators, losers of two consecutive games -- both in shootouts. Pekka Rinne stopped 23 shots.BLACKHAWKS 3, STARS 2DALLAS -- Patrick Kane scored the go-ahead goal and assisted on another, and the Blackhawks beat the Stars.Chicago erased a 2-1 deficit with second-period goals by Ryan Hartman at 2:59 and Kane on the power play at 7:40 against Stars goalie Antti Niemi.With Blackhawks to the left of the net occupying Niemi, Kane skated in from the right and put in a pass from Artem Anisimov.The Blackhawks scored 11 seconds into the game when Richard Panik scored his seventh goal by wristing in the rebound of a shot by Kane. Dallas took a 2-1 lead into the second period after goals by Brett Ritchie at 7:21 of the first and Curtis McKenzie at 9:49. ' ' '