Blast from the past. Revisionist FIFA bans Hayatou over Lagardere deal for CAF
August 4 – Four years after he was voted out of office, former African football chief Issa Hayatou has been banned by FIFA for 12 months over a controversial $1 billion TV and marketing rights deal with Lagardere Sports which infringed competition regulations.
In a move that smacked of trying to highlight the wrongs of the past as a distraction from the ills of the present, FIFA sanctioned Hayatou – very much yesterday’s man –
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