Football’s world governing body FIFA prevailed in a U.S. appeals court over a former Nigerian national team coach, Samson Siasia seeking to overturn his lifetime ban, later reduced to five years, for fixing matches. In a 3-0 decision on Thursday, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said Siasia did not show why a trial court in New York had jurisdiction over his case, Reuters reports.
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In 2019, FIFA imposed a lifetime ban on Siasia, saying he violated its code of ethics over a bribery scheme for Australian matches. Football’s world governing body FIFA prevailed in a U.S. appeals court over a former Nigerian national team coach, Samson Siasia seeking to overturn his lifetime ban, later reduced to five years, for fixing matches.In a 3-0 decision on Thursday, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said Siasia did not show why a trial court in New York had jurisdiction over his case, Reuters reports.
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