French minister questions ban on would-be FIFA chief Michel Platini
Patrick Kanner said he still backed Platini, head of the powerful European soccer body UEFA.
Dec 22, 2015, 18:07 PM IST
Sepp Blatter, Michel Platini vow to fight eight year FIFA bans
While full-blown corruption charges were dropped, both men angrily vowed to fight the bans.
Dec 22, 2015, 08:59 AM IST
Sepp Blatter-Michel Platini payment was caught by special software
The software flags the names of people whose name is on an account but he or she is not the primary holder.
Dec 22, 2015, 08:53 AM IST
Mixed reaction to Sepp Blatter, Michel Platini bans
Some felt the former heads of FIFA and UEFA had got off lightly.
Dec 21, 2015, 23:16 PM IST
UEFA `disappointed` in FIFA ruling banning Michel Platini
FIFA`s ethics court suspended Platini, 60, over a payment he received from Blatter in 2011.
Dec 21, 2015, 19:54 PM IST
Isolated Sepp Blatter devastated by FIFA scandals
Blatter, married three times, has relied a lot on his daughter Corinne in recent months.
Dec 21, 2015, 15:07 PM IST
Sepp Blatter, Michel Platini slapped with eight-year bans by FIFA
Both were "immediately" banned from all football activity.
Dec 21, 2015, 14:28 PM IST
Day of FIFA reckoning for Sepp Blatter, Michel Platini
The FIFA judges` ruling is set to have far-reaching repercussions.
Dec 21, 2015, 10:18 AM IST
Michel Platini hits out at FIFA investigators
Blatter and Platini, both serving 90-day suspensions, deny any wrongdoing. But FIFA`s ethics commission has called for a life ban for Platini.
Dec 19, 2015, 23:11 PM IST
Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein demands FIFA 'join 21st century'
Prince Ali refused to be drawn on corruption charges against Blatter and the world body`s vice-president Michel Platini.
Dec 19, 2015, 14:22 PM IST
FIFA court to hear Michel Platini case despite boycott
Dozens of people are facing charges in US courts, but Blatter and Platini are not among that group.
Dec 18, 2015, 12:38 PM IST
Suspended FIFA president Sepp Blatter presents his defense: Lawyer
Blatter is under investigation on suspicion of criminal mismanagement, misappropriation of funds at FIFA.
Dec 17, 2015, 23:30 PM IST
Sepp Blatter appears before FIFA ethics board
FIFA is reeling from the worst corruption scandal in its more than 100-year history.
Dec 17, 2015, 17:14 PM IST
FIFA court to hear Sepp Blatter, Michel Platini cases
Blatter and Platini both deny any wrongdoing and say the 2011 payment was part of an oral contract for work carried out a decade earlier.
Dec 17, 2015, 09:00 AM IST
Michel Platini will not attend FIFA ethics committee hearing
Platini had registered as a candidate to replace Blatter in a vote on Feb. 26 next year.
Dec 16, 2015, 20:26 PM IST
Biggest sports controversies of 2015
Like always, the sports fraternity witnessed numerous shocking controversies in 2015.
Dec 15, 2015, 21:29 PM IST
Sepp Blatter reasserts innocence ahead of FIFA ethics hearing
Blatter is also the subject of a criminal investigation in his native Switzerland.
Dec 15, 2015, 19:22 PM IST
Michel Platini will be suspended for several years: FIFA
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) earlier Friday backed the ban against Platini.
Dec 12, 2015, 10:49 AM IST
Sports tribunal upholds Michel Platini suspension
In its appeal, Platini`s camp insisted the ex-Juventus star had done nothing wrong and was being unfairly blocked from campaigning for FIFA`s presidency.
Dec 11, 2015, 18:47 PM IST
Michel Platini appeal decision to be announced Friday, says CAS
Blatter, 79, and Platini, 60, will appear next week before FIFA`s adjudicatory chamber which must decide whether they should face a definitive punishment.
Dec 10, 2015, 19:20 PM IST
