Sepp Blatter in last fight against FIFA ban

(FILES) A picture taken on July 20, 2015 shows FIFA president Sepp Blatter gesturing during a press conference at the football's world body headquarters in Zurich. Blatter has been hospitalised after being placed under medical observation for stress, but he is expecting to leave the facility early next week, his spokesman said on November 11, 2015. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI

Sepp Blatter will mount his final challenge against his six-year FIFA ban on Thursday, following more than a year of scandal that saw him thrown out of football in disgrace.

The former FIFA boss has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) seeking to overturn a suspension imposed by world football's governing body.