Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter is seen leaving the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in this file picture taken in Lausanne, Switzerland April 29, 2016. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has lost his appeal against a six-year ban for ethics violations, imposed amid the biggest corruption scandal to shake the world soccer body, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Monday.
CAS ruled that Blatter had authorised payments to Michel Platini, then the European football boss, worth over $2 million (1.57 million pound) that amounted to "undue gifts" and therefore violated FIFA's code of ethics.
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