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Fifa's ex-president Blatter's appeal against ban to be heard on August 25 (Reuters)

Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter leaves the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) where he was cited as a witness in an appeal of UEFA President Michel Platini against FIFA's ethics committee's ban, in Lausanne, Switzerland April 29, 2016. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

(Reuters) - An appeal by former Fifa president Sepp Blatter against a six-year ban from all soccer-related activities for ethics violations will be heard at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on August 25, CAS said on its website on Friday. Blatter had his bans for ethics violations upheld in February, though his initial ban of eight years was reduced to six. (Reporting by Shravanth Vijayakumar in Bengaluru)


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