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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

Sepp Blatter was FIFA president when the 2022 finals were controversially awarded to Qatar in 2010

Blatter admits 'mistake' in awarding Qatar World Cup

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has admitted it was "a mistake" to award the 2022 World Cup finals to Qatar.

Soccer • 08 Nov 22

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

Sepp Blatter led FIFA for 17 years until 2015

FIFA loses court bid to revive Blatter criminal probe

A Swiss court has rejected FIFA's bid to revive a criminal probe against its former president Sepp Blatter, over a 2005 deal with the Caribbean Football Union to sell World Cup broadcasting rights.

Soccer • 29 Jul 21

Sepp Blatter given fresh six-and-half-year ban by FIFA

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has been handed a new ban from football after being found to be part of a "vicious circle" of officials who sought to award themselves over €60m in undeclared payments.

Soccer • 24 Mar 21

FIFA files criminal complaint against Sepp Blatter

FIFA has issued a complaint of "criminal mismanagement" against its former president Sepp Blatter.

Soccer • 22 Dec 20

Blatter urges FIFA to suspend his successor Infantino

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has called for his successor, Gianni Infantino, to be suspended by the global soccer body after criminal proceedings were opened against Infantino in Switzerland.

Soccer • 31 Jul 20

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

Sepp Blatter enjoyed a 17-year reign as head of FIFA

FIFA urges Swiss authorities to maintain Blatter focus

FIFA has asked Switzerland's Office of the Attorney General to continue its investigation into former president Sepp Blatter.

Soccer • 02 May 20

Swiss native Sepp Blatter was FIFA president for 17 years

Swiss drop case against ex-FIFA president Blatter

Switzerland's federal prosecutor is about to end its investigation into former FIFA President Sepp Blatter's deals with the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) to sell World Cup broadcasting rights.

Soccer • 11 Apr 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

FIFA's Infantino proposed as IOC member

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has been proposed for International Olympic Committee membership, but World Athletics head Sebastian Coe will have to wait due to a conflict of interest, IOC President Thomas Bach said.

Paris 2024 • 05 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

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

Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter believes a joint UK & Ireland bid would be an ideal host for the 2030 World Cup

Blatter backs joint UK & Ireland bid for 2030 World Cup

Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter has said that a joint UK and Ireland bid would deserve to host the World Cup in 2030.

Soccer • 20 Jun 18

Blatter and Putin together at the 2015 World Cup draw

Blatter will be at the World Cup as a guest of Putin

Disgraced former FIFA chief remains suspended, but he will be in Russia on 'a sporting and diplomatic mission'.

World Cup • 13 Jun 18

Sepp Blatter: 'You cannot deny one of the candidates (the chance) to go to Congress.'

Blatter 'shocked' by World Cup bidding process rule

Former FIFA chief Sepp Blatter says he is shocked at a rule which has been inserted into the World Cup bidding process that could allow a five-man task force to disqualify a candidate before a democratic vote is held.

Soccer • 11 Apr 18