Sepp Blatter lost his appeal of a six-year ban imposed by FIFA on its former president for breaching ethics rules related to authorizing payments to former UEFA president MichelPlatini, himself banned from soccer, worth over $2 million that amounted to “undue gifts.” The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) published its ruling on Monday.
Blatter told Reutersafter the CAS ruling: “I have accepted it now. I have got to the stage where I have struggled enough, I have worked enough.”