South African businessman Patrice Motsepe is set to become the next President of the Confederation of African Football (Caf) after incumbent president Ahmad Ahmad is barred from contesting in the forthcoming elections due to a reduced ban by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) on Monday.
Ahmad was initially handed a five-year ban by Fifa's Independent Ethics Committee last year, but after investigations and hearings from both parties, Cas found the Madagascan guilty of not recording various financial transactions, accepting cash payments, distributing gifts and misappropriation of Caf's funds to help finance certain federation presidents for their pilgrimages to Mecca.