Chung goes to CAS in bid to overturn FIFA’s 5-year ban

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March 31 – Former FIFA vice-president Chung Mong-joon, who at one stage was hoping to take over from Sepp Blatter, is going to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to try and get his five-year ban from all football-related activities overturned.

The South Korean, one of FIFA’s most powerful administrators between 1994 and 2011, was found guilty in 2015 of contravening rules while lobbying for his country’s bid to host the 2022 World Cup.

FIFA’s appeals committee has already reduced Chung’s initial six-year ban to five, saying there was not enough evidence to prove he had infringed an article of FIFA’s ethics code covering confidentiality. It also halved the fine imposed on him to 50,000 Swiss francs.

Even though his sentence was reduced, Chung expressed his disappointment over the decision and hinted that he would take his case to the CAS, saying that he will “exhaust all legal options available.”

Chung, an older cousin of Korean FA President Chung Mong-gyu, is the billionaire scion of the Hyundai family and at one stage had been a candidate for the FIFA presidency but ultimately withdrew from the race which saw Gianni Infantino elected. He blasted FIFA for sabotaging his bid and is due to discuss his decision to go to CAS at a news conference in Seoul next Thursday.

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