Soccer great Samuel Eto'o has successfully overturned a move to block him from running for a position on the governing body of African soccer.

Soccer legend Samuel Eto'o successfully overturned a decision barring him from running for a position on Africa's soccer governing body. The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled in his favor, allowing him to vie for a seat on the CAF executive committee,

Four-times African Footballer of the Year Samuel Eto’o has won the right to be included on the list of candidates for the Confederation of African Football’s elective congress next week after initially being ruled out of the contest.

Samuel Eto’o has won his appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, with the ruling overturning a Confederation of African Football decision that initially ruled him ineligible to run for the Executive Committee.