The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has reduced the life ban slammed on former international, Samson Siasia to five years following his appeal against the decision rendered by the Adjudicatory Chamber of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) on 11 April 2019.

It will be recalled the former Super Eagles coach was found guilty of infringement of article 1 (bribery) of the 2009 FIFA Code of Ethics and sanctioned with a life ban from taking part in any kind of football-related activity at national and international level (administrative, sports or any other) and a fine of CHF 50,000 (N22.3m) was imposed on him.

In 2010, a match fixer tried to involve Mr Siasia as a coach of a club under his strict instructions. With the promise of employment benefits, Mr Siasia would have had to always field several players under the control of the match fixer.

The negotiations between the match fixer and Mr Siasia in relation to the conditions of employment were conducted by email over a period of two months.

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