Blatter wins landslide vote, vows FIFA clean-up

ZURICH - FIFA president Sepp Blatter has been re-elected head of world soccer, vowing to clean up the body's tarnished image after months of explosive corruption allegations.

Blatter, 75, was given a free run at another four-year term following the withdrawal on Sunday of Asian soccer chief Mohamed bin Hammam, who was later suspended amid claims he tried to bribe voters with cash-filled envelopes.

Delegates at FIFA's 61st congress returned Blatter by a landslide of 186 votes out of 203 on Wednesday after an 11th-hour call for a postponement of the election by England's Football Association ended in a crushing defeat.