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Tribunal to rule on Monday on ex-FIFA head Blatter's soccer ban

Tribunal to rule on Monday on ex-FIFA head Blatter's soccer ban

By REUTERS

Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter leaves the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after being heard in the arbitration procedure involving him and FIFA in Lausanne, Switzerland, August 25, 2016. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy

ZURICH: The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will rule on Monday on ex-FIFA head Sepp Blatter's six-year ban from soccer amid corruption allegations, the tribunal said on Friday. Blatter had appeared before CAS, sport's highest tribunal, in August to appeal against his ban imposed for ethics violations. The 80-year-old, who headed soccer's global governing body for 17 years until last year, was banned from all soccer-related activity last December along with then-European soccer boss Michel Platini.