CAS hears Blatter’s ban appeal

Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter appeared before the Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS), yesterday to appeal against his six-year ban from soccer. The 80-year-old was banned from all soccer-related activity last December along with then European soccer boss, Michel Platini. The bans were imposed for ethics violations related to a payment of two million Swiss francs that Fifa made to Platini with Blatter’s approval in 2011 for work done a decade earlier. CAS have not said when its final decision on Blatter’s appeal will be announced.