Michel Platini Archives

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Michel Platini admits France used “trickery” in 1998 World Cup draw to avoid Brazil before Final

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – JULY 20: Comedian Simon Brodkin (not pictured) throws dollar bills at FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter during a press conference at the Extraordinary FIFA Executive Committee Meeting at the FIFA headquarters on July 20, 2015 in Zurich, Switzerland. (Photo by Philipp Schmidli/Getty Images)

Soccer

Sepp Blatter gave out bonuses to voters days before Russia and Qatar World Cup vote

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini’s FIFA bans cut by two years

As the most critical presidential election in FIFA’s history approaches on Friday, the ethics committee has settled the...

Whistleblower assisting Swiss authorities in case against Blatter and FIFA

Swiss authorities got a potential lead in their case against former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and other members...

FIFA appeals for lifetime bans on Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini

When a group of four FIFA ethics judges banned (then) FIFA president Sepp Blatter and (then) FIFA vice-president Michel...

Blatter, Platini will appeal 8-year bans, and FIFA cannot move on until they finally lose

Walking into his own press conference after the sport he helped build and whose reputation he subsequently destroyed...