Sepp Blatter,ex- FIFA president
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has lost his appeal against a six-year ban for ethics violations, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Monday.
The ban was imposed amid the biggest corruption scandal to shake the world football body,
CAS ruled that Blatter had authorised payments to Michel Platini, then the European football body’s president, worth over $2 million which amounted to “undue gifts’’.
It said this had therefore violated FIFA’s code of ethics.
Blatter, who led FIFA for 17 years, told Reuters in a telephone interview that he was “disappointed but not shattered’’.
He resigned in June 2015 after several dozen football officials, including FIFA executive committee members and former members, had been indicted in the U.S. on graft charges.
They were indicted…
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