BANGKOK: Former Thai football chief Worawi Makudi has vowed to push FIFA to lift its ban on him after an appeals court in Bangkok overturned his conviction for forgery. Worawi, who had a long and tumultuous tenure in charge of Thai football, was banned for five years by FIFA last year following his July 2015 conviction. He was found guilty by a Thai court of forging documents during a re-election campaign as head of the Football Association of Thailand (FAT). Speaking to AFP on Sunday, Worawi said FIFA had rushed their decision to ban him before he had exhausted all his legal appeals. After his conviction, a millionaire former Thai police chief won the election to head up Thai football.

Source: Manila Times April 23, 2017 05:26 UTC