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Blatter and Platini cleared in Fifa graft case
AFP, Published on 25/03/2025
» MUTTENZ, Switzerland - Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter and ex-UEFA chief Michel Platini on Tuesday were acquitted on appeal by a Swiss court in a long-running corruption case that shattered their careers as two of the most powerful figures in world football.
Blatter and Platini back in Swiss court in long-running legal saga
AFP, Published on 03/03/2025
» LAUSANNE - Sepp Blatter, the former head of FIFA, and Michel Platini, the ex-president of UEFA, will be back in a Swiss court on Monday for another examination of the charges of fraud that knocked them off the summits of global football.
Infantino re-elected Fifa president until 2027
AFP, Published on 16/03/2023
» KIGALI, Rwanda: Gianni Infantino has been re-elected as president of Fifa until 2027 after standing unopposed at the congress of world football’s governing body on Thursday.
Fifa chief Infantino: disparaged yet indestructible
AFP, Published on 16/03/2023
» KIGALI, Rwanda: Disparaged and yet seemingly indestructible, Gianni Infantino is poised to start a third term at the head of Fifa on Thursday.
World Cup 2026 to feature 12 groups of four teams
AFP, Published on 15/03/2023
» KIGALI - The expanded 2026 men's World Cup in North America will start with 12 groups of four teams in a change from the original planned format of 16 groups of three, football's world governing body FIFA announced on Tuesday.
An ugly side to the beautiful game
News, Published on 15/11/2022
» When the World Cup kicks off next weekend, a Western sense of fair play will be outraged that a country without any native tradition in the game has won the right to host the tournament through financial muscle. Insult is added to injury too -- due to Qatar's extreme temperatures, the World Cup isn't being staged during the usual summer break but in November, disrupting domestic soccer competitions in the northern hemisphere for six weeks. Fans and players just have to lump it.
Former world football bigwigs cleared of fraud
Published on 08/07/2022
» Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, once the chiefs of world and European football, were cleared on Friday over a suspected fraudulent payment that shook the sport and ended their time at the top.
US to disburse $92m to FIFA, CONMEBOL, CONCACAF in wake of corruption probe
AFP, Published on 01/07/2022
» NEW YORK: FIFA and other entities injured in the global football corruption scheme that exploded in 2015 are set to receive another $92 million in compensation, the US Department of Justice said Thursday.
Blatter: Platini payment was 'gentleman's agreement'
AFP, Published on 09/06/2022
» BELLINZONA: Sepp Blatter struck a "gentleman's agreement" with Michel Platini to pay him a million Swiss francs ($1.02 million) a year as an adviser, the former world football chief told their trial on Thursday.
Fallen football chiefs Blatter and Platini start fraud trial
AFP, Published on 08/06/2022
» BELLINZONA (SWITZERLAND) - Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, once the chiefs of world and European football, appeared in a Swiss court on Wednesday to face trial over a suspected fraudulent payment.