Police officers stand in front of the FIFA headquarters during an extraordinary Executive Committee meeting in Zurich. Photograph: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters
FIFA will hold an extraordinary executive committee meeting in July to discuss dates for the presidential election which will choose a replacement for Sepp Blatter, soccer's governing body said on Wednesday.
"(The) extraordinary Executive Committee will convene in July, the precise date to be confirmed within this week," said a spokesman in a statement to Reuters. "For this extraordinary elective Congress, there are currently various date options for discussion at this extraordinary Executive Committee meeting."