Soccer-CAS voids ban, fine against FIFA former interim chief Hayatou


  • Football
  • Saturday, 05 Feb 2022

FILE PHOTO: FIFA's then-acting president Issa Hayatou (R) leaves the Baur au Lac hotel in Zurich, Switzerland February 24, 2016. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo

(Reuters) - Sport's highest global court has upheld FIFA former interim president Issa Hayatou's appeal against a one-year ban on him for violating the global soccer governing body's ethics code.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) found insufficient evidence to establish a violation by Hayatou, who was Confederation of African Football (CAF) president for 29 years until being voted out in 2017.

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