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Platini: 'I wish FIFA ethics panel would disappear'

Sat, 02 Jun 2018 12:53:46 +0200

Michel Platini wishes the FIFA Ethics Committee which banned him from the sport would disappear, he told two Swiss newspapers in an interview to be published on Saturday.

Platini loses final appeal against football suspension

Fri, 07 Jul 2017 10:28:02 +0200

Switzerland's highest court has rejected former Uefa chief Michel Platini's appeal against a four-year suspension from football, ending his efforts to overturn the penalty, his lawyer said on Thursday.

Football corruption: Platini faces make-or-break hearing

Fri, 29 Apr 2016 11:58:10 +0200

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.

Blatter will testify at Platini's Lausanne appeal

Tue, 26 Apr 2016 18:42:18 +0200

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.

Platini appeals ban at world sports tribunal

Wed, 02 Mar 2016 11:23:50 +0100

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.

Fifa probe: Switzerland hands bank files to US

Wed, 30 Dec 2015 16:58:10 +0100

Switzerland on Wednesday handed over an initial package of bank documents to US prosecutors requested by Washington as evidence in the ongoing criminal cases targeting senior Fifa leadership.

'Memo' backs Platini Fifa salary claim: report

Sun, 06 Dec 2015 14:03:19 +0100

A report issued to Uefa's executive committee in 1998 appears to support Michel Platini's claim that he was paid an annual salary "of one million Swiss francs" for work as an advisor to Fifa.

Blatter: 'A gentleman's agreement with Platini'

Sat, 17 Oct 2015 17:56:56 +0200

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".

Fifa: Blatter a 'suspect' as Platini 'questioned'

Fri, 25 Sep 2015 18:49:08 +0200

Beleaguered Fifa president Sepp Blatter was placed under a criminal investigation in a dramatic escalation of the corruption scandal engulfing world football as would-be successor Michel Platini came under scrutiny for receiving a murky multi-million-dollar payment.

Platini warned me of prison: Fifa chief Blatter

Sat, 15 Aug 2015 19:36:27 +0200

Fifa president Sepp Blatter has alleged Uefa counterpart Michel Platini warned him he faced prison if he did not withdraw from the world football governing body's presidential race.

Swiss prosecutor hears Platini in Sion case

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:43:00 +0200

UEFA chief Michel Platini arrived at a Swiss regional prosecutor's office on Wednesday for an interview with the prosecutor investigating a dispute between European football's governing body and FC Sion.