CAIRO - Fifa executive committee member Jacques Anouma has failed to win an interim ruling to become a Confederation of African Football presidential candidate against incumbent Issa Hayatou.The Court of Arbitration for Sport says it rejected Anouma’s provisional request because his national federation, Ivory Coast, also needed to join the case.“Only national associations have the power to propose candidates for the presidential election,” a statement on the Cas website said:“In this case, the Ivory Coast Football Federation did not challenge Caf’s decision and has not filed an appeal to Cas to support the position of Mr. Anouma.”However, Cas says it will create a panel for the main hearing in Anouma’s appeal.Anouma has criticised longtime Caf leader Hayatou’s “scandalous” tactics to block his challenge at the election which will be held on 10 March in Marrakech, Morocco.
