FIFA Ban: CAS Asks Siasia To Pay $100,000 Before October 10

FIFA Ban: CAS Asks Siasia To Pay $100,000 Before October 10

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Court of Arbitration for Sports, CAS, in Switzerland has given former Super Eagles coach, Samson Siasia till October 10 to pay $100,000 before his appeal against FIFA ban over allegation of match-fixing can be looked into.

The 52-year-old began the process of clearing his name at CAS on October 28 against a life ban imposed on him by the football governing body.

However, the former coach has been told by the panel that the case would be struck out if he fails to pay the said amount before the October 10 deadline.

A source told Sportinglife.ng that the coach is now in a dilemma on how to raise the cash which translates into about N36m.

“This is somebody who managed to raise an additional N1.7m to release his mother who was kidnapped over 10 weeks ago. Now he is looking for N36m. Who will come to his rescue,” the source told sportinglife.

FIFA on August 16 through the adjudicatory chamber of their independent Ethics Committee found Siasia “guilty of having accepted that he would receive bribes in relation to the manipulation of matches in violation of the FIFA Code of Ethics.”

He was consequently fined $51,000.