“He’s a little more expensive than I am. But this is nonsense. According to Swiss law, to suspend someone for eight years, you must have committed a murder or a bank robbery.” — FIFA president Sepp Blatter on UEFA president Michel Platini after both were suspended for eight years and fined by FIFA’s ethics committee. […]
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Platini faces long shot on appeal: how bin Hamman case doesn't help him
Michel Platini‘s last chance to rescue his FIFA presidential bid will depend on whether he can convince the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to overturn the decision of FIFA’s ethicscommittee to ban him for eight years for multiple violations of the FIFA ethics code related to a $2 million payment he received from FIFA […]
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Platini lawyers cry 'procedural sabotage'
Facing a Jan. 26 deadline to get his name cleared by the FIFA appeals committee, Court of Arbitration for Sport and FIFA electoral commission, suspended UEFA president Michel Platini faces anuphill fight. His legal team termed the FIFA decision not to allow Platini to take his case directly to CAS as “procedural sabotage.”
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What They're Saying: Michel Platini
“What was the ethics committee doing between 2011, when I was paid, and 2015? Was it sleeping? Suddenly it wakes up. Ah yes, it wakes up in a FIFA election year when I’m a candidate. It’s amazing.” — Banned UEFA president Michel Platini, suggesting his eight-year ban by the ethics committee from all soccer activities […]
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Blatter, Platini to Go Down Fighting
FIFA’s ethics committee on Monday banned suspended duo Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini from all soccer -elated activities for eight years each following an investigation into a$2 million payment that UEFA president Platini received from FIFA president Blatter in 2011. You can find the full transcript of its findings Both men claim the verbal arrangement […]
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Breaking: Blatter and Platini get eight-year bans
FIFA president Sepp Blatter and UEFA president Michel Platini were both banned from taking part in all soccer activities for eight years for their roles in the payment of $2 millionPlatini received from FIFA in 2011. The payment, supposedly for work done as a FIFA adviser years earlier, was not found to have been a […]
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Platini and his lawyers do him no favors
With the holiday season coming and their 90-day suspensions set to expire soon thereafter, we’re heading to the finish line in the cases of Sepp Blatter and Michael Platini, whosehearings before the FIFA ethics committee are scheduled for Thursday and Friday. Blatter will be there, but Platini is boycotting the proceedings. “By this decision,” his […]
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Platini's Euro dream descends into a nightmare
In 1984, France hosted the European Championship in the pinnacle moment of Michel Platini‘s playing career. He scored in all five games, nine goals in all, as the Bleus won their first majorchampionship. Their 3-2 comeback win over Portugal in the semifinals is one of the great games in modern history. Bruce Arena and Bob […]
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Platini hopeful of temporary reprieve
Michel Platini, suspended from all soccer involvement by FIFA’s ethics committee, hopes to get his 90-day suspension lifted as his appeal was heard by the Court of Arbitration forSport. Platini’s lawyers have argued a 23-page UEFA memo published in a French newspaper supports his claim the $2 million he received from FIFA, authorized by suspended […]
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Are FIFA Sponsors Demanding Mission Impossible?
ESPN sources on Wednesday reported that FIFA posted a $100 million financialloss in 2015 thanks to the loss of key sponsors and mounting legal bills following the corruption scandal that has engulfed the organization. While it is not unusual for FIFA’s income todrop drastically following a World Cup year, soccer’s world governing body has almost […]