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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ed Aarons and Romain Molina

Fifa appeals against Cas verdict on Jean-Bart because of ‘substantial flaws’

Yves Jean-Bart in 2015
Yves Jean-Bart was handed a lifetime ban by Fifa in November 2020 over alleged harassment and sexual abuse against female footballers. Photograph: EThamPhoto/Alamy

Fifa has confirmed it has appealed against the court of arbitration for sport’s decision to overturn its lifetime ban on Yves Jean-Bart, the former president of the Haitian Football Federation (FHF), due to concerns over “very serious procedural and substantive flaws” in the verdict.

Jean-Bart – known as “Dadou” – was banned by Fifa’s ethics committee in November 2020 for alleged harassment and sexual abuse against female footballers after a series of investigations by the Guardian.

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