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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.
Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, former presidents of FIFA and UEFA, respectively, were indicted for fraud in Switzerland on Tuesday, according to the country’s attorney general.
After a day of police questioning centering on his former role as a top decision-maker in soccer, Michel Platini was released from custody without charge in the early hours of Wednesday and said ...
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 ...
Michel Platini, the former France player and now president of European soccer’s governing body, is leading an attempt to bypass European labor law to stop teams spending what they want on the ...
Platini and Blatter, the Frenchman's former mentor, deny wrongdoing, and claim they had a verbal contract for the additional money. "I had confidence in Mr. Blatter that he would pay me," Platini ...
Former UEFA president Michel Platini denied wrongdoing during police questioning Tuesday following his arrest as part of a corruption probe into the vote that gave the 2022 World Cup to Qatar.
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.
After a day of police questioning centering on his former role as a top decision-maker in soccer, Michel Platini was released from custody without charge in the early hours of Wednesday and said ...