Former FIFA President, Sepp Blatter, has lost his appeal against a six-year ban from football. The 80-year-old, who was forced…
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The report added that Blatter and former UEFA President, Michel Platini, were banned in connection with a disloyal payment of some $2 million
The 80-year-old has been quoted by a Swiss newspaper as saying that certain balls denoting the teams in the draw were either “warmed” or “cooled” so they could be distinguished from others in the pot
“Documents were seized in connection with the suspected payment of 2 million Swiss francs (two million dollars) that is inter alia the subject of the proceedings,” the OAG said
Banned FIFA President, Sepp Blatter, was at the headquarters of football governing body on Tuesday for a hearing to appeal…
But Mutko said on Monday in Moscow that since Blatter and Platini were appealing against their bans, they were still permitted to attend football events
Blatter was banned in December from all football-related activities for eight years by the ethics committee of FIFA, which is mired in the worst graft scandal of its 111-year history
Blatter and Michel Platini were handed eight-year bans by FIFA’s Independent Ethics Committee this month following allegations of a “disloyal payment” from FIFA to the suspended UEFA boss
Speaking on a local Swiss radio station over the weekend, Blatter said Africa had contributed so much to the development of football that it would not be out of place if the continent produces the next FIFA president.
He said: “Africa can produce the next FIFA president, why not
FIFA’s ethics committee already suspended both over the issue of significant and “disloyal” payments from Blatter to Platini in 2011 – which the pair claim was from a “gentleman’s agreement” over work Platini did years before – but also reserved the right to extend the term of their bans pending further investigation
The intervention from the soft drinks giant comes a week after the FIFA president was placed under criminal investigation by the Swiss authorities
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Fifa President, Sepp Blatter, was forced to halt a news conference when UK prankster, Simon Brodkin – whose stage name…
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Blatter, 79, announced on June 2 that he would stand down as FIFA president, only four days after he was re-elected to the position, saying he had lost the mandate from the entire world of soccer
However, a statement released by FIFA has claimed that Blatter has not had a change of heart following his decision to resign earlier this month
Blatter, whose announcement on June 2 that he will step down as FIFA President just a few days after he had been elected to serve a fifth term in office generated shock-waves around the world, would be expected to attend along with all other IOC members