The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) says it has dismissed the appeal of former FIFA president Joseph Blatter against a six-year ban from football.
Blatter, 80, was banned for eight years last year by the FIFA ethics committee over a "disloyal payment" of 2 million Swiss francs (2.07 million dollars) to former European football chief Michel Platini. The FIFA appeals committee later reduced the suspension to six years.
Blatter appealed at the CAS which however said he "breached the FIFA Code of Ethics since the payment amounted to an undue gift as it had no contractual basis. The Panel further found that Mr Blatter unlawfully awarded contributions to Mr Platini under the FIFA Executive Committee retirement scheme which also amounted to an undue gift.
"The Panel determined that the sanction imposed was not disproportionate and therefore confirmed the Appealed Decision in full."
