In January 2011, however, Platini felt he was in a position to send an invoice and the money was paid after approval by Blatter. Following an investigation launched in 2015, Swiss prosecutors accused ...

They are expected to give their verdict on 25 March. Blatter and Platini resigned from their positions after details of the payment emerged during a corruption crisis that hit FIFA in 2015.

A trial full of shadows, intrigue and rivalry begins this Monday, with former FIFA and UEFA presidents Joseph Blatter and ...

Blatter and French soccer great Michel Platini were acquitted in July 2022 by three federal judges on charges including fraud, forgery, misappropriation of funds and mismanagement. They related to ...

Former FIFA and UEFA leaders return to Swiss court for 2nd trial on fraud charges, nearly decade after investigation began - Anadolu Ajansı ...

MUTTENZ, Switzerland, March 3(Reuters) - Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter said he was innocent when he appeared in a Swiss court on Monday alongside France soccer great Michel Platini ...

ZURICH - French footballing great Michel Platini was accused of fraud to torpedo his chances of becoming the head of world soccer's governing body Fifa, his lawyer told a Swiss court on March 5.

Sepp Blatter, the former head of FIFA, and Michel Platini, the ex-president of UEFA, will be back in a Swiss court on Monday for another examination of the charges of fraud that knocked them off ...

Blatter and Platini returned to a federal court room nearly three years after they were acquitted at a first trial on charges of fraud, forgery and misappropriation of FIFA money. Swiss federal ...