FIFA's executive committee, led by 77-year-old president Sepp Blatter, has dropped a proposal to impose age limits and restricted terms of office from a reform package due to be discussed at its Congress on Friday.

The decision to defer for a year the debate on limiting mandates for senior officials was agreed to by the committee after its meeting on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius on Tuesday.

It comes a day after Blatter, who could stand for re-election in two years' time at the age of 79 under present rules, said the proposed age limits could be considered a form of discrimination.