Tag: SEPP BLATTER
Sepp Blatter, Michel Platini banned from football for eight years
FIFA president Sepp Blatter, 79, and vice president Michel Platini, 60 have both been banned from all football related activities for eight years with...
16 officials indicted in FIFA scandal
US officials on Thursday evening indicted 16 individuals including five current and former members of FIFA's executive committee of corruption charges as the scandal...
Blatter, Platini lose FIFA appeals
FIFA president, Sepp Blatter and his UEFA counterpart, Michel Platini both lost their appeals on Wednesday against their interim 90-day bans for financial wrongdoing...
Interim FIFA president, Issa Hayatou, has kidney transplant
Interim FIFA President, Issa Hayatou, has had successful surgery for a kidney transplant, the governing body said Friday.
The 69-year-old Hayatou, who is from Cameroon,...
Heartbreak as Odegbami, Kalu fail in FIFA presidency bids
By Toby Prince
Nigeria’s hopes of producing the next FIFA president ended on Monday after her two hopefuls failed to make the final cut for...
Michel Platini to appeal FIFA suspension
By Toby Prince
Michel Platini has lodged an appeal against the decision by FIFA to ban him for 90 days while corruption claims are investigated.
The...
FIFA president Sepp Blatter faces 90-day suspension
By Toby Prince
FIFA president, Sepp Blatter, has been told he is facing a 90-day provisional suspension from FIFA's ethics committee - a move which...
I did nothing wrong – Platini
By Toby Prince
Michel Platini insists all his business is clean amid accusations that he received irregular payments from under-fire FIFA President Sepp Blatter.
The Frenchman,...
UEFA President, Michel Platini, under FIFA investigation
By Toby Prince
UEFA President, Michel Platini, is under a formal investigation by FIFA independent ethics committee and could be suspended in the coming days,...
FIFA suspend general secretary, Jerome Valcke, amid World Cup tickets scandal
By Toby Prince
FIFA has suspended its Secretary General, Jerome Valcke, indefinitely and relieved him of his duties following the release of documents alleging that...