https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed According to Fifa president, Sepp Blatter, French and German presidents applied political pressure prior to the 2018 and 2022 World Cup votes https://www.thelocal.fr/20150705/blatter-france-and-germany-pressured Sun, 05 Jul 2015 19:25:39 +0200 blatter-france-and-germany-pressured Uefa president Michel Platini has thrown his weight behind Jordan's Prince Ali bin al Hussein in his bid to unseat Sepp Blatter as the head of football's world governing body Fifa. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150525/platini-wasnt-prince-to-batter-blatter Mon, 25 May 2015 12:58:21 +0200 platini-wasnt-prince-to-batter-blatter Uefa president Michel Platini told AFP that rumours he was given a Picasso painting in return for voting for Russia to host the 2018 World Cup were "totally fictitious". https://www.thelocal.fr/20141201/platini-denies-russia-picasso-for-world-cup Mon, 01 Dec 2014 11:18:00 +0100 platini-denies-russia-picasso-for-world-cup Former FIFA deputy general secretary Jerome Champagne will hold a press conference in London on Monday in which he is expected to announce his bid to succeed Sepp Blatter as president of world football's governing body. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140118/frenchman-champange-poised-for-fifa-bid Sat, 18 Jan 2014 12:28:00 +0100 frenchman-champange-poised-for-fifa-bid