• President says: ‘I am now only fighting for myself’
• Swiss has appealed to Court of Arbitration for Sport[br]The banned Fifa president Sepp Blatter has said he feels “abandoned” by football’s governing body and will now focus on clearing his name.
Fifa’s ethics committee final week banned Blatter and the Uefa president Michel Platini from football for eight years for ethics violations. Both men immediately denied any wrongdoing and said they would appeal to the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport.
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Source: theguardian.com