GENEVA – The president of African soccer who was banned for five years for financial mismanagement by FIFA’s ethics committee said on Wednesday he will appeal the ruling to sport’s highest court.Lawyers for Ahmad Ahmad, the former government minister from Madagascar, announced on his Twitter account he will challenge the ban when he receives the written grounds of an “incomprehensible and shocking decision” made by the committee.
FIFA said Monday that the document would be provided within 60 days. “This decision was not rendered in a fair and impartial manner,” Ahmad's legal team wrote.Ahmad pledged to also ask the Court of Arbitration for Sport to freeze the ban during his appeal process so he can continue campaigning for re-election.