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Former FIFA Executive member Amos Adamu has appealed to sport’s highest appeal body to overturn his three-year ban from football for seeking bribes.<\/p>\n

Lausanne’s Court of Arbitration in Sport (CAS) yesterday confirmed that Adamu has appealed against his three year ban from all football-related activity.<\/p>\n

Adamu was caught in the midst of last year’s World Cup bid race by Sunday Times journalists posing as lobbyists for the USA bid asking for an $800,000 bribe in return for his support on the December 2 vote.<\/p>\n

He was suspended a fortnight prior to the vote, along with Oceania’s representative, Reynald Temarii. Four other senior football administrators – Slim Aloulou, Amadou Diakite,Ismail Bhamjee and Ahongalu Fusimalohi – also received bans of up to four years after being caught out by the reporters.<\/p>\n

Fusimalohi, previously secretary general of the Tonga Football Association, is also appealing against a two year ban, handed out after he was caught on camera claiming that Morocco sought to bribe officials when bidding for the 2010 World Cup. He also discussed receiving $100,000 from the covert reporters.<\/p>\n

“In both cases, the appellants request that they be found not guilty and the sanctions against them be annulled,” CAS said in a statement.<\/p>\n

“The cases will be handled in accordance with the procedural rules set out in the Code of Sports-related Arbitration.”<\/p>\n

CAS did not give a date for the hearing, but said that defendants would start with written submissions relating to the case.<\/p>\n

Adamu had been on the executive committee for Fifa and the Confederation of African Football, as well as the president of the West African Football Union, before his ban.<\/p>\n

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