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Blatter down to his last challenge

By Agence France-Presse in Geneva | China Daily | Updated: 2016-08-25 08:07

Sepp Blatter will mount his final challenge against a six-year FIFA ban on Thursday, following more than a year of scandal that saw him thrown out of soccer in disgrace.

The former FIFA boss has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport seeking to overturn a suspension imposed by the sport's global sanctioning body.

"I'm very confident," the 80-year-old Blatter said, although his prospects for an outright victory appear to be remote.

Blatter down to his last challenge

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