FIFA, Blatter and Michel Platini

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.
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.
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.
Blatter and Platini return to court for new fraud trial over £1.7m Fifa payment
Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter has distanced himself from corruption in football as he went on trial for the second time alongside his one-time protege Michel Platini. They returned to a Swiss federal court nearly three years after they were acquitted at a first trial on charges of fraud,
Former football leaders Blatter and Platini in court again over €2.1 million FIFA payment
The two men were acquitted almost three years ago, but the Swiss Attorney General's Office and FIFA appealed against the decision. View on euronews
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
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and France soccer great Michel Platini are due to appear in court in Switzerland on Monday accused of fraud - 2-1/2 years after they were cleared. Both men, once among the most senior figures in global soccer,
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