Former African football boss Issa Hayatou has won his appeal
over a one-year ban imposed for a breach of FIFA’s code of ethics.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport announced its ruling in
the 75-year-old’s favour on Saturday, declaring there was “insufficient
evidence” to support FIFA’s allegations of commercial malpractice.
Hayatou’s ban was lifted on the eve of the Africa Cup of
Nations final staged in his native Cameroon.
FIFA had sanctioned him last year over his role in a
controversial $1 billion TV and marketing rights deal with France’s Lagardere
Sports.
The deal, signed in 2015, gave exclusive rights to Lagardere
of CAF-run competitions for 12 years from 2017 to 2028.
Hayatou was president of the Confederation of African
Football for 29 years before being ousted by Ahmad Ahmad in a 2017 election.
He served as interim FIFA boss for a short spell following
the suspension of Sepp Blatter and before the election of Gianni Infantino in
February 2016.
The deal with Lagardere was scrapped once his near
three-decade spell running football in Africa came to an end.
AFP
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