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- Updated: December 5, 2016
Sepp Blatter says he has lost his Court of Arbitration for Sport appeal against a six-year ban by FIFA.
Blatter said in a statement the judgement was “difficult” to accept but that “the way the case progressed, no other verdict could be expected”.
The former FIFA president, who was banned for approving a £1.3m payment to Michel Platini in 2011, said he will accept the decision.
Blatter could have appealed to Switzerland’s Supreme Court. It can annul verdicts if legal process was abused.
The pair’s suspensions had previously been reduced from eight to six years by a FIFA appeals committee, with their …
