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Blatter and Platini acquitted on charges of defrauding FIFA

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini have been acquitted on charges of defrauding FIFA by a Swiss criminal court

The Independent UK

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini acquitted in FIFA corruption trial by Swiss court over £1.6m payment

Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter and former UEFA president Michel Platini were both acquitted of corruption charges by a Swiss court today.

Evening Standard

Ex-FIFA and UEFA bosses Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini NOT GUILTY of corruption

The former FIFA and UEFA heads were both cleared of corruption charges, centred on a £1.6m payment made in 2011, after a two-week trial was held in Switzerland

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Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini acquitted of fraud by Swiss court

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini have been acquitted of fraud in a Swiss court over a payment of 2.2m Swiss francs made in 2011

The Guardian - UK

Four players who tried to leave Man Utd and what happened next amid Cristiano Ronaldo drama

Cristiano Ronaldo has left Manchester United baffled having submitted a request to leave the club but he is not the first to attempt to force his way out of Old Trafford over recent seasons

Daily Mirror

Swiss prosecutors want 20-month conditional jail terms for Blatter and Platini

Prosecutors have urged federal criminal court judges in Switzerland to hand down 20-month conditional prison sentences on Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini for fraud.

Radio France Internationale

Blatter, Platini face 20-month suspended jail sentences

Prosecutors in the fraud trial of former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and vice president Michel Platini have asked for both men to get 20-month suspended prison sentences

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Everton’s change of heart regarding betting companies

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The Guardian - UK

Platini was worth every centime, former Fifa boss Blatter tells Swiss fraud trial

Sepp Blatter, who for nearly two decades ruled as the most powerful administrator in world football, insisted on Thursday that Michel Platini, one of his most illustrious advisors, justified his massive fees.

Radio France Internationale

Platini Was Worth a Million, Blatter Tells Court

Michel Platini "was worth his million" Swiss francs a year, former FIFA president Sepp Blatter insisted Thursday, telling a Swiss court he could not understand why the pair were answering fraud charges. The former world football chief and French football legend Platini are being tried at Switzerland's Federal Criminal Court…

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Sepp Blatter unable to testify at opening day of Fifa fraud trial due to chest pains

Blatter and Michel Platini are in a Swiss criminal court for their 11-day trial on charges of defrauding Fifa

The Independent UK

Ex-soccer chief Blatter too ill to testify at his fraud trial

The trial of former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and French footballing legend Michel Platini over alleged corrupt payments ground to a halt on Wednesday when Blatter said he was too ill to testify.

Reuters

Jack Grealish freed from the shackles of tactical diktats

In today’s Fiver: England, Wales, fantasy football and much more

The Guardian - UK

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini in court as corruption trial starts in Switzerland

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and ex-UEFA president Michel Platini arrived in court in Switzerland this morning to face corruption charges.

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The Hindu

Trial of Blatter, Platini over corrupt FIFA payments begins

Swiss prosecutors accuse former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and former UEFA president Michel Platini of unlawfully arranging a payment of $2 million in 2011

The Independent UK

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini in attendance as Fifa fraud trial begins

Blatter and Platini are in a Swiss criminal court for their 11-day trial on charges of defrauding Fifa

The Independent UK

Smiling Blatter enters court at start of FIFA fraud trial

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini have arrived at a Swiss criminal court for their 11-day trial on charges of defrauding FIFA

Evening Standard

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini’s corruption trial delayed as ex-FIFA chief ‘too ill to testify’

The two men are accused of arranging for a £1.6 million payment from FIFA to Platini in 201

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Former football chiefs Blatter and Platini face Swiss fraud trial

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, once the chiefs of world and European football, face trial on Wednesday over a suspected fraudulent payment that shook the sport and torpedoed their time at the top.

The Independent UK

Blatter, Platini finally going to court in FIFA fraud trial

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini’s 11-day trial on charges of defrauding soccer governing body FIFA starts Wednesday

The Guardian - UK

Trial of Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini will make for electric theatre

After a seven-year investigation, the two football powerbrokers are in court this week to face fraud, embezzlement and corruption charges

The Independent UK

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini to stand trial in June charged with fraud

The pair were charged last November following a six-year investigation

Evening Standard

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini to face FIFA corruption trial in June

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini will stand trial in a Swiss court over allegations of corruption in June.

Daily Record

Scotland's role in World Cup draw farce 40 years ago as they go into the hat for Qatar

Steve Clarke's men will be involved in the draw in Doha although there is still work to be done to ensure they will be involved.

The Guardian - UK

Andrew Jennings obituary

Journalist and film-maker who investigated corruption in Fifa and the International Olympic Committee

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