Platini refuses to rule out FIFA presidential run

(CNN)-- UEFA president Michel Platini ... 2018 and 2022 World Cups, has damaged the game and called for "football" rather than "political" figures to run the game. "I think that FIFA is like ... Read More

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini acquitted on charges of defrauding FIFA

This combination photo shows Joseph Blatter and Michel Platini after the verdict in their criminal trial in Switzerland. (Ti-Press/Alessandro Crinari/Keystone via AP) BELLINZONA ... Platini did not ... Read More

Michel Platini Loses Latest Appeal of FIFA Ban

CAS justified a severe sanction because of Platini’s standing in world football at the time – UEFA president, FIFA vice president ... 25 Years at #1: Your best source of news about the ... Read More

Ex-FIFA president Sepp Blatter and ex-UEFA boss Michel Platini charged with fraud

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and ex-UEFA president Michel Platini have been charged with fraud. It follows a six-year investigation in Switzerland into a payment of two million Swiss francs ... Read More

FIFA Corruption Scandal

Feb 20, 13:49 Sepp Blatter returns to FIFA headquarters for appeal against eight-year ban Banned FIFA president Sepp Blatter arrives at the world ... Michel Platini describes today's news that ... Read More

FIFA Corruptions: Swiss Trial Of Sepp Blatter, Michel Platini Begins - In Pics

Swiss prosecutors accuse former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and former UEFA president Michel Platini of unlawfully arranging payment of USD 2 million in 2011. The trial began in Switzerland on ... Read More

Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein makes official his bid to head FIFA and slams Platini

After hinting at a second run for ... the former FIFA vice president's appetite to seize the top job in world football is undiminished. After criticising UEFA president Michel Platini at Soccerex ... Read More

FIFA plans to add slew of new committees years after cutting them in anti-corruption reforms

FIFA is set to create dozens of new committees and expert panels which would reverse a governance reform passed in 2016. Read More

FIFA seals closer ties to Saudi Arabia with World Cup sponsor deal for oil firm Aramco

FIFA has deepened its ties to Saudi Arabia by confirming a sponsorship with the kingdom’s state oil firm Aramco. Read More

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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s president ... by implying that an uncle of the U.S. president had been eaten by “cannibals” there during World War II. ... April 22, 2024, 5:43 a.m. JAKARTA ... Read More

Blatter and Platini acquitted on charges of defrauding FIFA

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini have been acquitted on charges of defrauding world football governing ... payment from FIFA to Platini with former FIFA president Blatter’s approval in 2011 ... Read More

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Russia’s president has signaled an increase in income ... Having a team in the world’s richest sports competition might alter how people think of Luton, a place long dogged by a ramshackle ... Read More