Blatter appears at CAS for appeal against ban

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

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - Disgraced former FIFA president Sepp Blatter appeared before sport's highest tribunal, the Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS), on Thursday to appeal against his six-year ban from soccer.

The 80-year-old, who headed soccer's global governing body for 17 years until he resigned in June last year, was banned from all soccer-related activity last December along with the then European soccer boss, Michel Platini.