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Swiss federal court dismisses Fifa’s appeal against Cas verdict on Jean-Bart

Yves Jean-Bart
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

Swiss federal judges have dismissed Fifa’s appeal against a ruling that overturned its life ban for the former president of Haiti’s football federation for alleged sexual abuse of women’s national team players.

A verdict from Switzerland’s supreme court released last week rejected Fifa’s request filed in March to annul a court of arbitration for sport ruling that lifted Yves Jean-Bart’s expulsion from the sport.

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