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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.
Spanish prosecutors drop charges against Neymar
AFP, Published on 28/10/2022
» BARCELONA: Prosecutors in Spain on Friday dropped corruption and fraud charges against football star Neymar and others accused in a trial over the Brazilian's 2013 move from Santos to Barcelona.
Ex-F1 chief Ecclestone faces fraud trial next October
AFP, Published on 04/10/2022
» LONDON: Former Formula One (F1) supremo Bernie Ecclestone will stand trial in October next year on charges of failing to declare a multi-million pound trust in Singapore to the British tax services, a judge in London said on Tuesday.
Neymar to go on trial in Spain just before World Cup
AFP, Published on 27/07/2022
» MADRID: Neymar is due to face trial in Spain in October just a month before the World Cup over alleged irregularities in his transfer to Barcelona nearly a decade ago, judicial sources said on Wednesday.
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.
FIFA extends ban on Blatter until 2028
AFP, Published on 24/03/2021
» LAUSANNE: FIFA banned its former president Sepp Blatter until 2028 on Wednesday after handing him a new suspension of six years and eight months for receiving huge bonuses.
Fifagate: appeals denied for two key former LatAm officials
AFP, Published on 23/06/2020
» NEW YORK: A US court on Monday dismissed appeals by two former leaders of Latin American football who were convicted over their roles at the heart of the "Fifagate" corruption scandal.
Football films can be a mixed bag
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 09/05/2020
» Last week I watched on TV a couple of half-decent films on American sports -- Moneyball (2011) starring Brad Pitt as a baseball manager and Any Given Sunday (1999) with Al Pacino as coach of an underperforming American gridiron team.
Teen driver Stroll's billionaire dad set to take over Force India
Sports, Published on 29/07/2018
» budapest: Force India Formula One team is expected to go into administration within weeks as part of a planned restructuring process with new investment, the team's chief operating officer Otmar Szafnauer said.