Wondering how the Fifa presidential election works? Wonder no more...

Who gets a vote?

Each of Fifa's 209 member national associations gets one vote - so American Samoa has just as much of a say as Russia.

How does the voting work?

The member associations cast their votes by secret ballot, in alphabetical order. In the first round, a candidate needs to get two-thirds of the vote to be declared the winner - if the vote is closer than that, a second round of voting is held, where a simple majority is enough.

Fifa are keen to stipulate that if they receive more ballot papers than there are members, the election will be declared void and re-run. Nothing gets past them...

Do candidates get a chance to address the Congress?

Yes, both candidates will get 15 minutes before the vote to set out their programme to the Congress.

If you need any more pointers, BBC World Service's John Bennett explains all in this video.

Love a bit of gossip, don't we? Here are three interesting stories:

Jurgen Klopp, who takes charge of his final Borussia Dortmund game on Saturday, has made himself available to take over a Liverpool boss after the 47-year-old abandoned plans to take six months off. (Sun - subscription required), external

Arsenal are closing in on a £24.7m deal for Porto's 28-year-old striker Jackson Martinez.(Daily Express), external

Manchester United are favourites to seal the £21.3m capture of Sevilla's 28-year-old striker Carlos Bacca. (Metro), external

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Once again, today's sports news will be dominated by Fifa and whether Prince Ali can garner enough votes to oust Sepp Blatter.

Voting won't take place until this afternoon, and we should expect an announcement of the result early evening.

We say "should" because the scale of politicking and lobbying that will be going on in Zurich today is such that anything could happen. But, as it stands, we expect the following...

15:00 BST - Sepp Blatter and Prince Ali have 15 minutes each to address the delegates

16:00 BST - Voting begins

17:30 BST - The result is announced

Sport newspaper in Spain screams, "Luis Suarez plays! Trident to win the cup," with the news that the Uruguayan has overcome a hamstring injury and will form a front three with Lionel Messi and Neymar for Barcelona against Athletic Bilbao in the Copa Del Rey final on Saturday.

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Italian newspaper Tuttosport say Real Madrid midfielder Sami Khedira is to sign for Juventus on a free transfer. He is one of two signings the Old Lady are close to completing, along with that of Palermo front man Paulo Dybala.

Image source, Tuttosport

Alongside the Sepp Blatter stuff, a few transfer stories have been squeezed in. The Daily Mail says Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke could leave the club as he has a £32.5m release clause in his contract.

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All Fifa related on the back pages again. The Sun lead with a warning from Uefa's Michel Platini who says, "Vote for Sepp Blatter and we'll turn off the taps".

Image source, The Sun

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The day is here. World football's 209 member states will today put a cross next to their preferred candidate as two men go head to head for the seat of "football's most powerful person".

Will a new dawn break with the arrival of Jordan's Prince Ali bin Al-Hussein, or will the dark cloud surrounding Joseph S Blatter continue to linger over Fifa HQ?

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