
Brazil fed to elect prez before Ancelotti arrival
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created: May 16, 2025, 7:09 p.m. | updated: May 16, 2025, 11:13 p.m.
Open Extended ReactionsBrazil football federation (CBF) interim president Fernando Sarney on Friday set a date of May 25 for elections after Ednaldo Rodrigues was removed from his presidential post on Thursday by a judge.
Sarney, who had asked the court to unseat Rodrigues, was tasked by the Rio de Janeiro judge with holding elections "as soon as possible."
Sarney told O Globo on Thursday he will not touch Brazil's deal with Ancelotti.
"The management of the electoral process will be under the responsibility of an independent electoral commission," Sarney said in a statement.
However, sources have told ESPN Brasil that the president of the São Paulo Football Federation, Reinaldo Carneiro Bastos, is considering running for the job.
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