Lawyers for Samuel Eto’o say a ruling that led to the president of the Cameroonian Football Federation (Fecafoot) being fined $200,000 for an ethics breach has been quashed on appeal.
The Confederation of African Football (Caf) opened an investigation into Eto’o’s conduct in August 2023 after receiving “written statements from several Cameroonian football stakeholders”.
In July last year, a disciplinary panel organized by African football’s governing body found that the 43-year-old had “seriously violated the principles of ethics, integrity and sportsmanship”, external of Caf by signing a contract to be an ambassador for betting company 1XBET.
But Eto’o’s lawyers now claim to have successfully argued that only Caf’s independent ethics committee has jurisdiction over such cases.
1XBET sponsors the top two divisions of men’s professional football in Cameroon and both the men’s and women’s international sides, while the regulations of Fifa, football’s global governing body, state that people bound by its code are not allowed any involvement in betting related to football.
Caf has so far declined to comment on the appeal.
Source: BBC Sport
