https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed FIFA's disgraced ex-president Sepp Blatter has told AFP he will go to next year's World Cup in Russia at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin, despite being banned from football. https://www.thelocal.ch/20171020/former-fifa-president-blatter-says-he-is-going-to-world-cup Fri, 20 Oct 2017 13:26:10 +0200 former-fifa-president-blatter-says-he-is-going-to-world-cup Fifa's World Football Museum in Zurich, a landmark project of disgraced former president Sepp Blatter, is not under threat of closure despite a new round of redundancies according to its director. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170315/fifa-museum-not-under-threat-of-closure-says-its-director Wed, 15 Mar 2017 09:54:00 +0100 fifa-museum-not-under-threat-of-closure-says-its-director Sport's highest court on Monday rejected the appeal of former Fifa president Sepp Blatter against a six-year ban signalling the end of his efforts to clear his name. https://www.thelocal.ch/20161206/former-fifa-boss-blatter-loses-appeal-over-football-ban Tue, 06 Dec 2016 09:48:18 +0100 former-fifa-boss-blatter-loses-appeal-over-football-ban Fifa plans to close its loss-making $142 million World Football Museum, a landmark project of ousted president Sepp Blatter, which was only opened eight months ago, a Fifa source said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20161112/fifa-to-close-loss-making-museum-after-only-8-months Sat, 12 Nov 2016 11:22:47 +0100 fifa-to-close-loss-making-museum-after-only-8-months Fifa’s multi-million franc new museum, which opened earlier this year in Zurich, has recorded a loss of 30 million francs this year, according to reports. https://www.thelocal.ch/20161110/fifa-museum-struggles-under-30-million-franc-debt Thu, 10 Nov 2016 10:11:13 +0100 fifa-museum-struggles-under-30-million-franc-debt Fifa's disgraced former secretary general Markus Kattner has begun legal action to challenge his "unjustified" sacking, a source close to the German told AFP on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160928/sacked-fifa-executive-hits-back-in-zurich-court Wed, 28 Sep 2016 10:16:50 +0200 sacked-fifa-executive-hits-back-in-zurich-court Banned FIFA president Sepp Blatter and his former chief lieutenants were under investigation Friday over illicit bonuses totalling $80 million (71million euros), FIFA's ethics committee said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160909/sepp-blatter-faces-new-corruption-probe Fri, 09 Sep 2016 17:53:50 +0200 sepp-blatter-faces-new-corruption-probe Fifa president Gianni Infantino's salary has been fixed at 1.5 million Swiss francs a year (1.38 million euros, $1.5 million), world football's governing body revealed on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160901/infantinos-salary-deal-reflects-will-to-end-abuses Thu, 01 Sep 2016 10:21:53 +0200 infantinos-salary-deal-reflects-will-to-end-abuses Sepp Blatter is back in court in Switzerland on Thursday in a final bid for redemption as he seeks to overturn a six-year ban from football following more than a year of scandal. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160825/blatter-confident-as-he-faces-swiss-appeals-court Thu, 25 Aug 2016 10:31:34 +0200 blatter-confident-as-he-faces-swiss-appeals-court Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter will appear in person at the Court of Arbitration for Sport for his August 25th appeal against his ban from football, his spokesman said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160810/blatter-to-appear-at-lausanne-appeal-court Wed, 10 Aug 2016 10:54:42 +0200 blatter-to-appear-at-lausanne-appeal-court Swiss investigators have searched the Fifa headquarters as the world football governing body revealed that former president Sepp Blatter and two of his deputies awarded themselves more than $80 million in often suspicious payments over the past five years. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160603/fifa-in-hot-water-again-over-suspicious-payments Fri, 03 Jun 2016 17:37:59 +0200 fifa-in-hot-water-again-over-suspicious-payments Uefa will hold an election for a new president on September 14th in Athens after Michel Platini quit over an ethics scandal with football's world governing body Fifa. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160519/uefa-plans-september-presidency-election Thu, 19 May 2016 10:13:42 +0200 uefa-plans-september-presidency-election The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Monday rejected an appeal by Michel Platini against a six year ban from football saying it was "not convinced" a $2 million payment from football's world governing body Fifa was legitimate. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160509/breaking-uefas-platini-resigns-after-appeal-rejected Mon, 09 May 2016 13:17:48 +0200 breaking-uefas-platini-resigns-after-appeal-rejected UPDATED: Uefa's fallen chief Michel Platini mounted a final challenge against his six-year ban from football on Friday in an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), with ally-turned-foe Sepp Blatter testifying for Fifa. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160429/football-corruption-platini-faces-make-or-break-hearing-uefa-fifa Fri, 29 Apr 2016 11:58:10 +0200 football-corruption-platini-faces-make-or-break-hearing-uefa-fifa Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter will testify during Michel Platini's appeal against his ban from football, following a request from world football's governing body, a source close to the case told AFP on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160426/blatter-will-testify-at-platinis-lausanne-appeal Tue, 26 Apr 2016 18:42:18 +0200 blatter-will-testify-at-platinis-lausanne-appeal UEFA president Michel Platini on Wednesday made a formal appeal against his six year ban from football at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the tribunal said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160302/platini-appeals-ban-at-world-sports-tribunal Wed, 02 Mar 2016 11:23:50 +0100 platini-appeals-ban-at-world-sports-tribunal Sepp Blatter congratulated Gianni Infantino on being elected his successor as FIFA president following a campaign focused on the need to condemn his scandal-plagued 18-year era to the past. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160228/gianni-infantino-has-qualities-to-continue-my-work-blatter Sun, 28 Feb 2016 11:16:51 +0100 gianni-infantino-has-qualities-to-continue-my-work-blatter Infantino has worked as general secretary of Europe's football bloc Uefa since 2009 and holds both Swiss and Italian nationality. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160226/gianni-infantino-will-be-fifas-new-boss Fri, 26 Feb 2016 17:25:42 +0100 gianni-infantino-will-be-fifas-new-boss Suspended Fifa president Sepp Blatter claimed on Friday that the $2-million (€1.8 million) payment he made to Uefa president Michel Platini was a "gentleman's agreement". https://www.thelocal.ch/20151017/blatter-i-had-gentlemans-agreement-with-platini Sat, 17 Oct 2015 17:56:56 +0200 blatter-i-had-gentlemans-agreement-with-platini Fifa president Sepp Blatter appealed against the 90-day ban that forced him out of office, his lawyers confirmed on Friday, as world football's scandal-tainted governing body headed into months of turmoil over how to find a new leader. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151010/lawyers-blatter-will-appeal-fifa-ban Sat, 10 Oct 2015 13:33:06 +0200 lawyers-blatter-will-appeal-fifa-ban