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CAS rejects Sepp Blatter's six-year ban appeal

Updated on: 06 December,2016 08:12 AM IST  | 
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Sport’s highest court yesterday rejected the appeal of former FIFA president Sepp Blatter against a six year ban signalling the end of his efforts to clear his name

CAS rejects Sepp Blatter's six-year ban appeal


Sepp Blatter


Lausanne: Sport’s highest court yesterday rejected the appeal of former FIFA president Sepp Blatter against a six year ban signalling the end of his efforts to clear his name. 


The 80-year-old former football powerbroker was ousted over a two million Swiss franc ($2 million/1.8 million euro) payment to UEFA boss Michel Platini, which the Court of Arbitration for Sport called an “undue gift” that could not be justified.


Blatter called the verdict “incomprehensible” but also acknowledged that he has come to the end of the road in his fight to clear his name.

“I will not be appealing in a Swiss court,” he told AFP, turning his back on what would have been his last legal recourse.

Earlier, however, he maintained that guilt had not been proven. “It is difficult to follow it, because the principle of jurisdiction — culpability has to be proven by prosecution — was not applied,” Blatter said in a statement.

“Nevertheless I look back with gratitude to all the years, in which I was able to realise my ideals for football and serve FIFA,” added the Swiss official widely condemned by critics during his 18 years as head of the world football body.

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