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  • The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said Friday it had fast-tracked Ahmad Ahmad's appeal against a FIFA ban, to allow him to run in the election for his old post as head of African football. CAS said in a statement that it had agreed with Ahmad, the former president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and FIFA, the governing body of world football, to an "expedited procedure" and would start the hearing on March 2. FIFA in November suspended Ahmad for five years for "governance issues". The 61-year-old Malagasy had already announced he planned to run for a second term as CAS president. The elections are scheduled for March 12 in Rabat. CAS said that it "intends to render a final award shortly after the hearing, i.e. before March 12". It added that it accepted that if the verdict was delivered after the election there was "a risk of irreparable harm" for Ahmad. The CAS statement said it had agreed to Ahmad's request to stay the FIFA ban for the duration of the CAF elections. But it also said it had rejected his request to prevent "FIFA from taking any decision aimed at preventing Mr Ahmad from participating in, or aimed at making it difficult for him to participate in, the election." FIFA has confirmed four candidates: Mauritanian Ahmed Yahya, South African Patrice Motsepe, Senegalese Augustin Senghor and Ivorian Jacques Anouma. In its decision to ban Ahmad, FIFA said Ahmad had "breached his duty of loyalty, offered gifts and other benefits, mismanaged funds and abused his position as the CAF President". FIFA also fined Ahmad 200,000 Swiss francs ($220,000) for misdeeds, which related to "the organisation and financing of an Umrah pilgrimage to Mecca" and his involvement in CAF's dealings with a sports equipment company. cfe/bm/pb/dj
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  • CAS agrees to speed up Ahmad appeal to keep his presidential bid open
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