Ex-FIFA and UEFA chiefs Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini return to court to face corruption charge
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and France soccer great Michel Platini are due to appear in court in Switzerland on Monday accused of fraud – two-and-a-half years after they were cleared.
Former football leaders Blatter, Platini return to court for new fraud trial over $2M FIFA payment
Former football leaders Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini were back in a Swiss court Monday as their new trial on fraud, forgery and misappropriation charges opened.
Former Soccer Leaders Blatter and Platini Arrive at Court for Second Trial Over $2M FIFA Payment
Ex-FIFA president Sepp Blatter has arrived at court in Switzerland for his second trial on fraud, forgery and misappropriation charges
Ex-Fifa chief Sepp Blatter states his innocence on court return over fraud case
Blatter and Michel Platini were acquitted in 2022 at a lower Swiss court following a seven-year investigation into a payment of 2 million Swiss francs (S$3 million) to Platini. Read more at straitstimes.
Blatter and Platini back in court in Swiss Fifa fraud case
Ex-Fifa head Sepp Blatter and French football great Michel Platini were cleared in 2022, but prosecutors appealed.
‘Fifa owed me this money’, says Michel Platini in appeals court
The saga stems from the delayed payment of 2 million Swiss francs Fifa paid Platini in 2011 for consultancy services. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Blatter and Platini return to court for new fraud trial over £1.7m Fifa payment
The pair returned to a Swiss courtroom nearly three years after they were acquitted at a first trial in July 2022.
Former FIFA officials Blatter and Platini going back to court for new trial after acquittal in 2022
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter returns to court Monday one week before his 89th birthday for a retrial in a 10-year-old case of alleged financial wrongdoing.
Platini in appeals court: FIFA owed me this money
Michel Platini, the former head of UEFA, told a Swiss appeals court Monday, where his acquittal on fraud charges is being examined, that FIFA 'owed' him the 2m Swiss francs ($2.2m) at the heart of the
Soccer-Ex-FIFA Chief Blatter, Platini Return to Court to Face Corruption Charge
"The Federal Criminal Court in 2022 said the contract between Platini and me was correct, and I expect the new court will confirm this first decision," Blatter, 88, told Reuters l
Ex-FIFA chief Sepp Blatter denies 'lies, deception' in trial
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter distanced himself from corruption in soccer when he went on trial Monday for the second time alongside his one-time protege Michel Platini.
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Blatter and Platini back in Swiss court in long-running legal saga
The pair were acquitted by the Swiss Federal Court in June 2022 of charges that included "disloyal management", "breach of trust" and "forgery of securities". The court concluded that fraud was ...
Former FIFA boss Blatter says he is victim of witch hunt ahead of new court hearing
Sepp Blatter, the former head of soccer's global governing body FIFA, is looking forward to clearing his name at a new court ...
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Swiss Court Convicts Former Gunvor Employee in Congo Oil Bribery Case
A Swiss court found a former Gunvor employee guilty of bribing officials in the Republic of Congo for oil contracts. This is ...