Mohamed Bin Hammam wins appeal against FIFA ban

Mr Bin Hammam was a FIFA presidential candidate accused by FIFA of attempting to buy votes ahead of last year’s election.  FIFA subsequently imposed a lifetime ban on Mr Bin Hammam engaging in any national or international football-related activities.  The CAS has upheld Mr Bin Hammam’s appeal on the grounds of insufficient evidence and lifted the ban.  The Panel made clear they were following the CAS Code and “not making any sort of affirmative finding of innocence in relation to Mr Bin Hammam.”

The CAS media release with full details can be read by clicking here, http://www.tas-cas.org/d2wfiles/document/6088/5048/0/Media20Release202625.pdf

Andrew Hunter QC acted for Mr Bin Hammam and Adam Lewis QC acted for FIFA.