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Michel Platini permitted to address UEFA Congress

Michel Platini has been given permission by FIFA's ethics committee to address the UEFA Congress in Athens this week despite his four-year ban from all football-related activity.

Soccer • 12 Sep 16

Aleksander Ceferin is standing in September's UEFA election

FAI backs Slovenian Ceferin for UEFA presidency

The FAI has said it will support the head of the Slovenia FA Aleksander Ceferin in the race to become the next UEFA President.

Soccer • 17 Aug 16

Antoine Griezmann scores his second goal against Germany to send France into Sunday's final

Record revenues at Euro 2016

Revenue at Euro 2016 has increased by 34 percent to €1.93 billion compared to Euro 2012, according to European soccer's governing body UEFA.

Euro 2016 • 08 Jul 16

Michel Platini gets green light to attend Euros

Banned UEFA president Michel Platini will be allowed to attend matches at the Euros providing he does not do it in any official role, the European governing body's acting general secretary said on Wednesday.

Euro 2016 • 08 Jun 16

Gianni Infantino: '[Platini] and I did some great things together'

FIFA boss Infantino 'sad' about Platini ban

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has given a mixed reception to the Court of Arbitration for Sport's decision to uphold his former boss Michel Platini's ban from football.

Soccer • 10 May 16

Michael Platini was given an eight-year ban over a $1m payment Sepp Blatter made to his former protégé in 2011.

Platini quits after ban reduced to four years

Michel Platini has resigned as Uefa president after failing to get his ban overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Soccer • 09 May 16

Michel Platini: 'I am optimistic, we will win.'

Confident Platini predicts appeal success

UEFA president Michel Platini expressed his optimism of overturning his six-year ban from all football-related activity, as his Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) appeal began in Lausanne.

Soccer • 29 Apr 16

Michel Platini (R) will have his appeal heard

Platini gears up for appeal against six-year ban

Michel Platini's appeal against a six-year ban from all football-related activity will go before the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne on Friday.

Soccer • 28 Apr 16

CAS to hear Platini's FIFA ban appeal in two weeks

Michel Platini's appeal against his six-year ban from football will be heard at the Court of Arbitration for Sport on 29 April.

Soccer • 15 Apr 16

Blatter and Platini bans reduced to six years

Former UEFA President Michel Platini said it was "insulting and shameful" and a "political decision" that his ban for ethics violations was upheld by FIFA on Wednesday.

Soccer • 24 Feb 16

Blatter and Platini await FIFA fate

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini are expected to discover later this week whether their respective eight-year suspensions from all football-related activity will stand.

Soccer • 17 Feb 16

"I will look people in the eyes, I have done nothing and I fear nothing" - Michel Platini

Platini vows to fight 'injustice' at FIFA appeal

Michel Platini insisted on his way into his FIFA appeal hearing on Monday that he has nothing to hide and is fighting not for his future but "against injustice".

Soccer • 15 Feb 16

Michel Platini and Sepp Blatter in happier times

Platini appeal against ban to be heard on Monday

Michel Platini's appeal against his eight-year ban from all football-related activity will be heard on Monday.

Soccer • 14 Feb 16

Michel Platini has a few avenues to explore in his appeal process

UEFA election to happen after Platini appeal

UEFA will not hold an election to replace Michel Platini as its president until the appeals process against the Frenchman's eight-year ban has been exhausted.

Soccer • 22 Jan 16

Sepp Blatter (L) and Michel Platini have been given full written reasons for their suspensions

Michel Platini ready to appeal eight-year ban

Michel Platini will appeal his eight-year ban from all football-related activity on Monday.

Soccer • 09 Jan 16

Michel Platini withdraws candidacy from FIFA race

Michel Platini has formally withdrawn his candidacy for the FIFA presidency and said he will dedicate himself to overturning his eight-year ban.

Soccer • 07 Jan 16

Platini was handed an eight-year ban from the game by FIFA's Ethics Committee

Platini to escape punishment for going to awards

UEFA president Michel Platini looks set to avoid punishment for attending a football awards ceremony in Dubai even though he is banned from "all activity" within the sport.

Soccer • 30 Dec 15

Michel Platini will appeal against his eight-year ban

Michel Platini hits out at 'pathetic manoeuvre'

The head of European soccer, Michel Platini, said he would appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against his eight-year ban from the game announced by the FIFA Ethics Committee.

Soccer • 21 Dec 15

Sepp Blatter - sporting a plaster that brings to mind the rapper Nelly

Blatter 'sorry for football' in rambling address

Sepp Blatter revealed that he will fight his eight-year ban from FIFA and again insisted that he is innocent of any wrong doing.

Soccer • 21 Dec 15

FIFA bans Blatter and Platini for eight years

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini have both been banned for eight years from all football activity for abusing their positions as the two most powerful men in the sport.

Soccer • 21 Dec 15

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini together during happier times for the pair, who are now facing FIFA corruption charges

Blatter and Platini face lengthy bans

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini are facing likely bans of around seven years when FIFA's ethics judge delivers his verdict on Monday.

Soccer • 20 Dec 15

Sepp Blatter will learn his fate on Monday

Blatter and Platini await fate after hearings

The FIFA ethics committee hearings against Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini have ended, with the latter's lawyer emerging and declaring his client's innocence.

Soccer • 18 Dec 15

Michel Platini's lawyers have said he will not attend the hearing

Michel Platini won't attend FIFA ethics hearing

UEFA president Michel Platini will not attend Friday's FIFA ethics committee hearing as he believes his fate has already been decided.

Soccer • 16 Dec 15

Blatter and Platini will have disciplinary hearings before FIFA on Thursday and Friday

Insiders reckon Blatter, Platini to face big bans

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini are likely to escape lifetime bans for corruption but investigators expect the pair to receive lengthy suspensions of at least seven years when their hearings take place this week, according to insiders.

Soccer • 14 Dec 15

Michel Platini next week faces questions over a £1.3million payment he received in 2011 from FIFA

Michel Platini fails in appeal to have ban lifted

UEFA president Michel Platini will miss the Euro 2016 finals draw in Paris on Saturday after failing in his bid to have his provisional 90-day ban from all football activity lifted.

Soccer • 11 Dec 15