Sports tribunal CAS rejects Champagne's FIFA voting booth request

ZURICH (Reuters) - Sport's highest tribunal has rejected FIFA presidential candidate Jerome Champagne's urgent request for transparent voting booths and independent scrutineers at Friday's election for the head of the global football body.

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Published 26 February 2016 3:05am

Updated 26 February 2016 3:08am

Source: Reuters

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The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said it rejected on Thursday the request which Champagne filed on Wednesday.

Rival FIFA presidential candidate Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan's request for Friday's election to be postponed because of an issue with the voting booths had also been rejected by CAS.

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(Reporting by Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi; Editing by Michael Shields)

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Sports tribunal CAS rejects Champagne's FIFA voting booth request

ZURICH (Reuters) - Sport's highest tribunal has rejected FIFA presidential candidate Jerome Champagne's urgent request for transparent voting booths and independent scrutineers at Friday's election for the head of the global football body.

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