Long-time African soccer chief Issa Hayatou will face one challenger in the presidential election in March. Ahmad Ahmad, the head of the Madagascar federation, will seek to end Hayatou's 29-year rule of the Confederation of African Football. The 70-year-old Hayatou has reneged on a pledge made before he was re-elected unopposed in 2013 not to stand for another term in 2017.
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