Fraud case designed to wreck Platini's chance of FIFA top job, lawyer says
French footballing great Michel Platini was accused of fraud to torpedo his chances of becoming the head of world soccer's ...
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Ex-football chiefs deny wrongdoing on first day of fraud retrial
Ex-FIFA President Sepp Blatter, center leaves the special appeals court in Muttenz, Switzerland, Monday, March 3, 2025.
Swiss prosecutors seek suspended sentences for Blatter and Platini
The Swiss public prosecutor on Tuesday requested suspended sentences of 20 months for both Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini in ...
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'FIFA owed me this money' says Platini in appeals court
Michel Platini, the former head of UEFA, told a Swiss appeals court on Monday, where his acquittal on fraud charges is being examined, that FIFA "owed" him the two million Swiss francs ($2.2 million) ...
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Blatter and Platini back in Swiss court in long-running legal saga
Sepp Blatter, the former head of FIFA, and Michel Platini, the ex-president of UEFA, will be back in a Swiss court on Monday ...
Soccer-Ex-FIFA chief Blatter states his innocence on court return over fraud case
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter said he was innocent when he appeared in a Swiss court on Monday alongside France soccer ...
Switzerland Blatter Platini Trial
Ex-FIFA President Sepp Blatter leaves the special appeals court on Monday in Muttenz, Switzerland. Get up-to-the-minute news ...
‘That’s not me’: Blatter denied fraud as £1.6m Platini row returns to court
Former Fifa kingpin Sepp Blatter reiterated his innocence over a £1.6m payment made to ex-Uefa chief Michel Platini as the fraud case returned to court on Monday. Two of football’s most influential ...
Former soccer leaders Blatter, Platini return to court for new fraud trial over $2M FIFA payment
Former soccer leaders Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini are back in a Swiss court as their new trial on fraud, forgery and ...