Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will give a ruling on Sepp Blatter’s appeal against his six-year FIFA ban on August 25.
Blatter and his UEFA counterpart Michel Platini were implicated in scandals when the adjudicatory chamber of its Ethics Committee ruled a payment of two million Swiss francs, authorised by the Swiss to the former France captain, constituted multiple infringements of the FIFA Code of Ethics.
A statement released by the Lausanne-based body in March read: “Joseph S. Blatter has filed an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport against the decision issued by the FIFA Appeal Committee on 16 February 2016 [the date of Blatter’s appeal hearing].
“In his appeal to the CAS, Mr Blatter seeks the annulment of the decision taken by the FIFA Appeal Committee in which he was suspended from all football-related activities at national and international level for six years.”
Outlining the process Blatter’s appeal will take, the CAS statement added: “A CAS arbitration procedure is in progress. First, the parties will exchange written submissions and a panel of three arbitrators will be constituted.
“The panel will then issue directions with respect to the holding of a hearing. Following the hearing, the Panel will deliberate and at a later date, it will issue a decision in the form of an Arbitral Award.”
Blatter was succeeded by former UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino as FIFA president in February.
