Berlin, Rabi'I 3, 1438, Dec 2, 2016, SPA -- The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will publish its ruling on the appeal by former FIFA president Joseph Blatter against a six-year ban from football on Monday, December 5. According to dpa, the CAS said Friday will post the verdict on its website at 1400 GMT on Monday. Blatter, 80, was banned for eight years last year by the FIFA ethics committee over a 2 million Swiss francs payment (2.07 million dollars) to former European football chief Michel Platini, which was made nine years after consultancy work was carried out. The FIFA appeals committee later reduced the suspension to six years, a ruling Blatter is appealing at the CAS. A hearing took place in August in which Blatter protested his innocence. --SPA 13:31 LOCAL TIME 10:31 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w281571