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Sepp Blatter’s Appeals Hearing on FIFA Ban: Everything You Need to Know.

AMELIA WARSHAW

08.25.16 1:00 PM ET

The disgraced former president of international soccer heads to court to challenge his six-year ban from the sport.

Sepp Blatter

On August 25, Sepp Blatter, the disreputed former president of FIFA will appear before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to challenge a six-year ban by the soccer’s international governing body for corruption and mismanagement. After serving as FIFA president for 17 years, Blatter was banned for approving a $2 million payment to Michel Platini, the former soccer player and president of UEFA, the European soccer administration.

Blatter stepped down from his post in June 2015 following indictments of several current and former FIFA officials along with various marketing companies for bribery and money laundering. The announcement came just days after he was elected for an unprecedented fifth term, claiming he would lead reform within the organization after a great deal of negative press and a dramatic arrest of FIFA officials in Zurich in May.

Based on the revised sentences, Blatter and Platini will be eligible to rejoin the world of elite soccer in October of 2021, making it possible for both to returnfor the 2022 Qatar World Cup.

Subsequent investigations into corruption allegations within soccer’s governing body led to Blatter’s ban.

AMELIA WARSHAW

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