TVC E, SPORTS – Suspended FIFA president Sepp Blatter was back at FIFA headquarters for what could be the final time on Tuesday, challenging his eight-year ban for approving a $2 million payment to his former adviser Michel Platini in 2011.
Blatter arrived 90 minutes early for the scheduled morning start of his hearing before the FIFA appeals committee. He was barred from the building last October while he was under investigation.
Blatter avoided television cameras at the main gate when he left through a rear entrance after a hearing that lasted seven hours.
Both Blatter and Platini have denied any wrongdoing, claiming they had a verbal understanding.
FIFA would not comment on when appeal verdicts were expected. FIFA will hold an election on Feb. 26.
