FIFA, Blatter and Michel Platini

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 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 misappropriation charges opened.
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 great Michel Platini, 2-1/2 years after they were both cleared of fraud. Blatter and Platini were acquitted in 2022 at a lower Swiss court following a seven-year investigation into a payment of 2 million Swiss francs ($2.
Former soccer leaders Blatter and Platini arrive at court for retrial over $2M payment from FIFA
Blatter arrived 10 minutes after his co-defendant Michel Platini, the former UEFA president and FIFA vice president. Blatter and Platini are facing a second trial nearly three years after they were acquitted by three federal judges.
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.
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.
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.
‘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 figures of the 21st century are back in the dock after Swiss prosecutors appealed a decision to acquit both men at a previous
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 ...
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.
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‘I am an honest man’ – Frail-looking Sepp Blatter arrives for fresh fraud appeal hearing alongside Michel Platini
A frail-looking Sepp Blatter, the former Fifa president, and ex-Uefa boss Michel Platini have arrived at court to stand trial on fraud charges following an appeal by prosecutors. Blatter, who turns 89 ...