Mohamed Bin Hammam’s life ban from football annulled by CAS
Mohamed Bin Hammam
In a surprised and embarrassing judgement to football’s governing body FIFA the Court of Arbitration for Sports has annulled the life ban imposed on Mohamed Bin Hammam.
According to the Press Association, Bin Hammam has not been proven innocent by CAS the appeal has been upheld on the grounds of a lack of evidence. Fifa can bring fresh proceedings against Bin Hammam if the revamped ethics committee has any new evidence.
The Quatari was found guilty by Fifa’s ethics committee last year of paying bribes to Caribbean officials while campaigning against Sepp Blatter for the presidency.
Bin Hammam had been president of the Asian Football Confederation and he was provisionally suspended by that governing body earlier this week. That followed an audit by PricewaterhouseCoopers that centred on contract negotiations and payments to and from AFC bank accounts during Bin Hammam’s presidency.
He was alleged to have breached a number of AFC regulations including relating to gifts and bribery. Sources close to Bin Hammam say the allegations are further attempts to tarnish his name.
Bin Hammam always claimed the Fifa action against him was retribution for having challenged Blatter for the presidency.
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