Adamu to appeal against FIFA ban again

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ABUJA - Suspended FIFA executive committee member Amos Adamu is to make another appeal against his three-year ban in the corruption scandal which marred the contest to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

The Nigerian sports administrator lost his appeal last week against a ban from all football-related activities for three years plus a 10,000 Swiss franc ($10,450) fine and will now take his case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne.

"I'm desperate to prove my innocence on these corruption charges," Adamu said in a BBC interview on Monday. "I am not desperate to be in either FIFA or the Confederation of African Football."

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