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Tuesday, 8 February 2011

Adamu to appeal FIFA ban for bribery at CAS (AP)

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP)—Suspended FIFA official Amos Adamu says he’s asking the Court of Arbitration for Sport to overturn his ban for seeking bribes during the World Cup bidding contests.

The Nigerian says he’s taking legal advice to challenge his three-year expulsion from football which was upheld by FIFA’s appeals committee last Friday.

FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2006 file photo, South African President Thabo Mbeki, right, is presented with a FIFA pennant by FIFA Executive Committee member Dr. Amos Adamu, left, at the opening of a 2010 soccer World Cup Kick Off Workshop in Cape Town, South Africa. FIFA official Amos Adamu's three-year ban for seeking bribes during the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding races was upheld Friday, Feb. 4, 2011 by the governing body's appeals committee.

FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2006 f…
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Adamu says he’s “extremely disappointed” by the verdict, which upheld a FIFA ethics committee ruling last November that Adamu sought bribes from British undercover reporters posing as lobbyists.

Adamu and FIFA vice president Reynald Temarii were barred from the 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosting votes.

Temarii also is appealing to CAS against his one-year ban for breaking confidentiality rules.

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