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Swiss authorities accept Blatter and Platini acquittals

Michel Platini and Sepp Blatter have been fully acquitted after the Attorney General's Office in Switzerland said it would not challenge a ruling from March which cleared them of fraud.

Soccer • 28 Aug

Michel Platini (pictured) and Sepp Blatter have both denied any wrongdoing in relation to the payment of €1.8million in 2011

Blatter and Platini cleared of fraud charges

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and ex-UEFA chief Michel Platini on were acquitted again on appeal by a Swiss court in a long-running corruption case.

Soccer • 25 Mar

Sepp Blatter was FIFA president from 1998 to 2015

Blatter and Platini set to discover fates in court

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and former UEFA chief Michel Platini will appear before a Swiss court on Tuesday to hear whether the case that finished their careers in football will end with their acquittals or convictions for corruption.

Soccer • 24 Mar

Sepp Blatter speaking to reporters outside the Swiss court

Blatter states his innocence on court return over fraud

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter said he was innocent when he appeared in a Swiss court on Monday alongside France soccer great Michel Platini, two and a half years after they were both cleared of fraud.

Soccer • 03 Mar

Blatter and Platini acquitted on corruption charges

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and one-time UEFA president Michel Platini were both cleared of corruption charges by a Swiss court.

Soccer • 08 Jul 22

Sepp Blatter, waves as he leaves the building of the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland

Platini was worth what he was paid, Blatter tells court

Michel Platini "was worth his million" Swiss francs a year, former FIFA president Sepp Blatter insisted Thursday, telling a Swiss court he could not understand why the pair were answering fraud charges.

Soccer • 09 Jun 22

Sepp Blatter speaks to a journalist as he arrives at the Federal Criminal Court

Blatter and Platini go on trial in Switzerland

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, once the chiefs of world and European football, have gone on trial in Switzerland over a suspected fraudulent payment.

Soccer • 08 Jun 22

The pair are charged with defrauding the world soccer body

Blatter and Platini to face FIFA fraud trial

Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter and ex-UEFA President Michel Platini are due to appear in a Swiss court on Wednesday facing corruption charges which triggered their downfall from the summit of global football.

Soccer • 07 Jun 22

Date set for Blatter and Platini corruption trial

Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter and ex-UEFA President Michel Platini will go on trial in June to face Swiss corruption charges over a $2 million payment that world soccer's governing body made to Platini, the court announced on Tuesday.

Soccer • 12 Apr 22

Sepp Blatter (left) and Michel Platini were given six-year bans in 2016

Blatter, Platini charged with fraud over €1.88m payment

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and ex-UEFA president Michel Platini have been indicted over unlawfully arranging a payment of two million Swiss francs (€1.88m), the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) of Switzerland said on Tuesday.

Soccer • 02 Nov 21

The 2021 Euros have been spread all across the continent

UEFA won't repeat multiple host country Euros

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin says he would not support holding the Euros across the continent again, saying: "It is not fair to the fans."

Soccer • 09 Jul 21

Michael Platini is a former French international and president of UEFA

Platini named as a suspect by Swiss prosecutors

Michel Platini is now a suspect in the Swiss investigation into a payment he received from former FIFA president Sepp Blatter, it has emerged.

Soccer • 26 Jun 20

Michel Platini has lost his appeal at the European Court of Human Rights

Platini loses appeal against four-year ban from game

Michel Platini, the former head of UEFA, has lost his appeal at the European Court of Human Rights against his four-year ban from soccer.

Soccer • 05 Mar 20

FIFA seeks to recover €1.83m from Blatter and Platini

FIFA has filed legal claims against former senior figures Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini in a bid to claw back an "undue payment" made more than eight years ago.

Soccer • 16 Dec 19

Michel Platini was detained by French police

Platini 'hurt' by police questioning over Qatar 2020

Former UEFA president Michel Platini said he was hurt by questioning from the French police after he was detained over the awarding of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar.

Soccer • 19 Jun 19

Michel Platini was reportedly taken into custody on Tuesday morning

Platini detained amid probe around 2022 World Cup

Michel Platini, the former head of European football association UEFA, has been detained for questioning by French police over the awarding of the 2022 World Cup soccer tournament to Qatar, according to Reuters.

Soccer • 18 Jun 19

Sepp Blatter is in Russia watching the World Cup

Blatter says he will use influence for UK, Irish bid

Sepp Blatter has said he will use his "influence" to help a British bid win the right to stage the 2030 World Cup, providing his help is wanted.

World Cup 2018 • 21 Jun 18

Michel Platini: "Who are these clowns that prevent me from working?"

Platini vows to prove 'clowns' wrong

Ex-UEFA president Michel Platini has attacked the "clowns" and "worthless judges" who have banned him from football and told a French magazine that he will eventually be cleared of any criminal wrongdoing.

Soccer • 29 Mar 18

Michel Platini (R) has taken a swipe at Sepp Blatter

Platini: I was Blatter's last scalp

Michel Platini has accused Sepp Blatter of making him "his last scalp" as FIFA president in the affair which saw both banned from football.

Soccer • 30 Mar 17

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini are both banned from football

Blatter branded as 'reckless' by court

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) branded former FIFA president Sepp Blatter "reckless" for paying €1.5m to Michel Platini.

Soccer • 13 Mar 17

Blatter must serve full six-year ban from football

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has lost his appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against his six-year ban from football.

Soccer • 05 Dec 16

The result of Sepp Blatter's appeal against his ban will be announced on Monday

CAS set to announce ruling on Blatter's ban

The Court of Arbitration for Sport will announce its decision on former FIFA president Sepp Blatter's appeal against his six-year ban from football on Monday afternoon.

Soccer • 02 Dec 16

Michel Platini speaking at the opening of the 12th Extraordinary UEFA congress in Lagonissi

Michel Platini could be in line for UEFA pay-off

Michel Platini could receive a pay-off from UEFA despite being banned from the game over a payment from ex-FIFA president Sepp Blatter in 2011.

Soccer • 20 Sep 16

Aleksander Ceferin is the new President of UEFA

Aleksander Ceferin elected to UEFA presidency

New UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said his first mission will be to "shake hands and introduce himself" to staff at the organisation's Nyon headquarters but his tasks will get much harder after that.

Soccer • 14 Sep 16

Platini makes defiant farewell to UEFA

Michel Platini opened UEFA's extraordinary congress to find a replacement for him as president in Athens with an emotional farewell and a note of defiance.

Soccer • 14 Sep 16