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Ahmad's wind of change proved to be a false dawn, and so ahead of this week's election of Patrice Motsepe, Caf is a critical juncture in history.
Senior Sports Editor THE remaining hurdle in Patrice Motsepe’s path to the CAF presidency was cleared yesterday when the outgoing leader of African football, Ahmad Ahmad, failed to overturn the FIFA ban at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Although Ahmad received partial relief, with his ban being reduced from five to two years, and his fine also being slashed from US$200 000 to US$50 000, it won’t be enough to give him the muscle to force a postponement of the elections for his successor. Had Ahmad been cleared of any wrong doing, he would have had the power to ask for a review of the ...
Last month, FIFA banned Confederation of African Football (CAF) President Ahmad, for five years after ruling that he had breached various codes of ethics. Reasons for the FIFA Vice-President’s sanction and why a second FIFA investigation is already under way have come to light. Just minutes after being re-elected FIFA president for a second term in Paris in June 2019, Gianni Infantino made a triumphant declaration before the world’s assembled football leaders. “Nobody talks about crisis at FIFA any more,” he said, referring to how FIFA’s corruption scan-dal had dominated when he t...
Mysterious money moves and an unholy mess: Why Fifa banned Caf president Ahmad By Piers EdwardsBBC Sport Africa Last updated on 10 December 202010 December 2020.From the section Sport Africa Caf president Ahmad, a Fifa vice-president, is appealing the five-year ban handed to him by the global body last month Last month, Fifa banned Confederation of African Football (Caf) president Ahmad for five years after ruling that he had breached various codes of ethics. BBC Sport Africa - which broke the news of Ahmad's impending ban in October - details the reasons for the Fifa vice-president's sanct...