LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Soccer club Cardiff has formally filed an appeal to sport's highest court seeking to overturn a FIFA order it must pay Nantes a 6 million euros ($6.7 million) first payment for Emiliano Sala. An appeal hearing is likely to be held around April, and a verdict “ is not expected before June," the Court of Arbitration for Sport said on Thursday. FIFA ruled in favor of Nantes and warned Cardiff it faces a transfer ban of three trading windows if it refuses to pay when the case is settled. Cardiff agreed in January to pay a club record fee for Argentine forward Sala, who died in a plane crash before playing for his new team. Sala was killed when the single-engine aircraft carrying him from Nantes to Cardiff crashed near the Channel Island of Guernsey on Jan.Read more on NewsOK.com