By GRAHAM DUNBARJanuary 25, 2021 GMT
FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018 file photo, Sheikh Ahmad al Fahad al Sabah, president of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) delivers a speech during the ANOC general assembly in Tokyo. A sports court says on Monday, Jan. 25, 2021 an election for an Asian woman soccer official to join the FIFA Council was improperly influenced by Olympic powerbroker Sheikh Ahmad of Kuwait. Sheikh Ahmad gave up his own FIFA Council seat in 2017 after being implicated in vote-buying by United States federal prosecutors. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, file)
FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018 file photo, Sheikh Ahmad al Fahad al Sabah, president of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) delivers a speech during the ANOC general assembly in Tokyo. A sports court says on Monday, Jan. 25, 2021 an election for an Asian woman soccer official to join the FIFA Council was improperly influenced by Olympic powerbroker Sheikh Ahmad of
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Sheikh Ahmad, who gave up his own FIFA Council seat in 2017 after being implicated in a bribery probe, was alleged to have offered a female candidate inducements to withdraw from the April 2019 FIFA election.
She alleged the sheikh told her in a luxury hotel meeting ahead of the vote that she had no future in football if she stayed in the election. She alleged she was offered other positions in international football.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled the election was subject to improper influence , the court said on Monday.
The court s statement did not identify the Kuwaiti sheikh.