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

The former FIFA boss has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport seeking to overturn a suspension imposed by the sport's global sanctioning body.

"I'm very confident," the 80-year-old Blatter said, although his prospects for an outright victory appear to be remote.