ZURICH (Reuters) - Former FIFA President Joseph Blatter has lodged an appeal against his six-year ban from soccer for ethics violations, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said on Thursday. The Lausanne-based body said Blatter wanted to overturn the a decision by FIFA's appeals committee in February to ban him from the sport at national and international levels. Blatter and European soccer head Michel Platini were banned over a payment of 2 million Swiss francs (£1.4 million) made to Platini in 2011 by FIFA with Blatter's approval for work done a decade earlier. ...
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