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The Sepp Blatter story in pictures

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Progressive career

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Right at the top

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Huge loss

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And the winner is ... Germany!

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Blatter and Mandela

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Vote buying in the Middle East

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The person I am

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The president and the 'Kaiser'

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Throwing in the towel

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Banknote shower

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Bound by a dubious payment

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Six-year-ban upheld

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Sepp Blatter remains barred from football after the Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected his bid to get his ban overturned, effectively spelling the end of the 80-year-old's career in football administration.