The head of European football has told players not to walk off the pitch if they are racially abused, saying any decision to stop a match should be left to the referee.

Platini, a former France national team captain and manager, was also acquitted of fraud. The two, once among the most powerful figures in global soccer, had denied the charges against them.

ZURICH — Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini were each banned for eight years by the FIFA ethics committee on Monday in a stunning removal of world soccer’s most powerful leaders. FIFA President … ...

Platini reportedly proposes "the creation of a white card" which "would be followed by a temporary expulsion - a rest - of 10 minutes on the bench".

MUTTENZ, Switzerland (AP) — Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini won again in court Tuesday and now lead 2-0 in trial verdicts against Swiss federal prosecutors. Once soccer’s most powerful men ...

Blatter and Platini said that at the start they agreed orally, and without witnesses, on an annual salary of one million Swiss francs, but FIFA's financial state did not allow for immediate payment.

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, two of world soccer's most powerful men, were banned Monday by FIFA for eight years from all soccer-related activities for improper conduct.

The former FIFA leaders Sepp Blatter, Michel Platini were acquitted in Switzerland after an 11-day trial. Blatter remains the subject of a separate Swiss investigation.

BELLINZONA, Switzerland — Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini were acquitted on charges of defrauding FIFA by a Swiss criminal court on Friday, a rare positive outcome for the pair who were among ...

Platini, 67, worked as a consultant between 1998 and 2002 with an annual salary of 300,000 Swiss francs -- the most FIFA could afford because of money troubles the organisation had at the time ...

The head of European football has told players not to walk off the pitch if they are racially abused, saying any decision to stop a match should be left to the referee.