Football: CAS rejects Bin Hammam’s bid

AUCKLAND: Mohamed Bin Hammam has failed in his bid to be reinstated as head of Asian football by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), according to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The Qatari is serving a lifetime ban from football after being accused by Fifa of bribery during his failed bid to become the world governing body’s president in May. As the most senior AFC member, China’s Zhang Jilong assumed the roles of acting head and Fifa executive committee member after the ban. The AFC said they welcomed the decision by CAS to reject Bin Hammam’s appeal to remove Jilong reinstate him.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 4^th, 2011.