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Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini found not guilty following fraud trial
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Blatter has a conscience.
im shocked!
im shocked!
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You think he did this out of the goodness of his heart??
) ) Jumped before he was pushed I reckon.Anyway, let me break out the worlds smallest violin
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Fifa president calls extraordinary meeting for election to replace him
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jun/02/sepp-blatter-fifa-president-resigns
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Blatter departs. <a href="http://t.co/areGUTZysE">pic.twitter.com/areGUTZysE</a></p>— Richard Conway (@richard_conway) <a href="https://twitter.com/richard_conway/status/605778656833601536">June 2, 2015</a></blockquote>
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So it's official now. I wonder if the FBI have something on him which has caused his downfall?
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Is the ICC better managed than FIFA? I'm not much into football, but reading all this over the past week makes it look just as bad, if not worse than the ills of cricket we highlight day in and day out around here.
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To be honest even with all the bribery and bank-handers at FIFA the state of minnow nations has grown and that's thanks to Blatter, hence why he's stayed there for so long.
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Clever blatter in dis uniting a united opposition
Ali against platini will be interesting
Ali against platini will be interesting
Below was report by John Oliver on FIFA back in 2014 just before WC. This organization has rotten to the core long time ago.
http://youtu.be/DlJEt2KU33I
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World Cup 2018: Fifa 'takes note' of Sepp Blatter's attendance
Fifa says it has "taken note" of its former president Sepp Blatter's attendance at a World Cup game despite his ban from football.
Blatter, 82, watched Portugal's 1-0 Group B victory over Morocco on Wednesday on the invitation of Russian president Vladimir Putin.
The Swiss' 17-year spell in charge of world football's governing body ended amid a corruption scandal in 2015.
Fifa banned Blatter for eight years, a term reduced to six years on appeal.
"Fifa has taken note of Mr Blatter's visit to Russia," a Fifa spokesperson told BBC Sport.
"We have no further comment at the present stage."
In September 2015, Swiss authorities announced Blatter was under investigation for a £1.3m "disloyal payment" to Michel Platini, the ex-boss of European football's governing body Uefa, in 2011. Both men denied any wrongdoing.
https://bbc.com/sport/football/44555620
Fifa says it has "taken note" of its former president Sepp Blatter's attendance at a World Cup game despite his ban from football.
Blatter, 82, watched Portugal's 1-0 Group B victory over Morocco on Wednesday on the invitation of Russian president Vladimir Putin.
The Swiss' 17-year spell in charge of world football's governing body ended amid a corruption scandal in 2015.
Fifa banned Blatter for eight years, a term reduced to six years on appeal.
"Fifa has taken note of Mr Blatter's visit to Russia," a Fifa spokesperson told BBC Sport.
"We have no further comment at the present stage."
In September 2015, Swiss authorities announced Blatter was under investigation for a £1.3m "disloyal payment" to Michel Platini, the ex-boss of European football's governing body Uefa, in 2011. Both men denied any wrongdoing.
https://bbc.com/sport/football/44555620
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Sepp Blatter said on Tuesday that one Swiss investigation into his handling of a television contract has been dropped, but FIFA said that does not mean its former president is in the clear.
"I was officially informed today that the federal public prosecutor's office has decided ... to close the investigation," Blatter, who is 84, told AFP on Tuesday.
"This news is already a good thing and above all it comes exactly five years to the day after my decision to vacate my mandate as president of FIFA," added Blatter, who quit on June 2, 2015, just four days after winning a fifth term as FIFA president.
The Swiss attorney general has thus shelved one of the two parts of the proceedings opened against Blatter in 2015 on "suspicion of unfair management and breach of trust".
It made clear that the other investigation, into a payment of two million Swiss francs (1.88 million euros) to Michel Platini, the former UEFA president and FIFA executive committee member, was ongoing.
FIFA has 10 days to appeal.
A spokesman for the governing body of world football told AFP that they had not yet received formal notification but "will consider all legal options to ensure that the relevant people are held to account."
Blatter's payment to Platini led to both men being banned from football, although the Frenchman was cleared by the Swiss courts in 2018.
At the end of April, a police report obtained by AFP said that the suspicions of "unfair management" against Blatter "were well-founded" even though the decision to close one of the two investigations was already known.
The investigation that has been dropped centres on a contract Blatter approved awarding TV rights for two World Cups at a price allegedly below market value to the Caribbean Football Union, then headed by Jack Warner.
Trinidadian Warner, a former FIFA executive committee member, has since been banned from football for life and is wanted in the United States.
Blatter acted "more in Warner's interests than in the interests of FIFA," wrote Swiss investigators.
https://www.sport24.co.za/Soccer/In...ropped-one-of-his-corruption-cases-20200603-2
"I was officially informed today that the federal public prosecutor's office has decided ... to close the investigation," Blatter, who is 84, told AFP on Tuesday.
"This news is already a good thing and above all it comes exactly five years to the day after my decision to vacate my mandate as president of FIFA," added Blatter, who quit on June 2, 2015, just four days after winning a fifth term as FIFA president.
The Swiss attorney general has thus shelved one of the two parts of the proceedings opened against Blatter in 2015 on "suspicion of unfair management and breach of trust".
It made clear that the other investigation, into a payment of two million Swiss francs (1.88 million euros) to Michel Platini, the former UEFA president and FIFA executive committee member, was ongoing.
FIFA has 10 days to appeal.
A spokesman for the governing body of world football told AFP that they had not yet received formal notification but "will consider all legal options to ensure that the relevant people are held to account."
Blatter's payment to Platini led to both men being banned from football, although the Frenchman was cleared by the Swiss courts in 2018.
At the end of April, a police report obtained by AFP said that the suspicions of "unfair management" against Blatter "were well-founded" even though the decision to close one of the two investigations was already known.
The investigation that has been dropped centres on a contract Blatter approved awarding TV rights for two World Cups at a price allegedly below market value to the Caribbean Football Union, then headed by Jack Warner.
Trinidadian Warner, a former FIFA executive committee member, has since been banned from football for life and is wanted in the United States.
Blatter acted "more in Warner's interests than in the interests of FIFA," wrote Swiss investigators.
https://www.sport24.co.za/Soccer/In...ropped-one-of-his-corruption-cases-20200603-2
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Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and former UEFA president Michel Platini will stand trial in June in Switzerland charged with fraud.
The pair were charged last November following a six-year investigation into a payment of two million Swiss francs arranged by Blatter to be paid to Platini back in 2011.
The trial at the Swiss Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona is due to begin on June 8 and is listed until June 22.
The Office of the Swiss Attorney General said the payment had been made without legal basis, "damaged FIFA's assets and unlawfully enriched Platini".
Blatter, 86, and Platini, 66, had argued the payment had been agreed orally and in lieu of work done by Platini in an advisory capacity between 1998 and 2002.
The case which culminated in the charges issued in November last year was launched by prosecutors in 2015, effectively terminating Blatter's FIFA presidency ahead of schedule, and leading to Platini, then president of UEFA, withdrawing from the race to be his successor.
Both faced separate FIFA ethics committee investigations and were banned from football for eight years, reduced to six on appeal.
However, Blatter is now serving a fresh suspension after being found in March of last year to be part of a "vicious circle" of officials who sought to award themselves over £50m in undeclared payments.
https://www.skysports.com/football/...ini-to-stand-trial-in-june-charged-with-fraud
The pair were charged last November following a six-year investigation into a payment of two million Swiss francs arranged by Blatter to be paid to Platini back in 2011.
The trial at the Swiss Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona is due to begin on June 8 and is listed until June 22.
The Office of the Swiss Attorney General said the payment had been made without legal basis, "damaged FIFA's assets and unlawfully enriched Platini".
Blatter, 86, and Platini, 66, had argued the payment had been agreed orally and in lieu of work done by Platini in an advisory capacity between 1998 and 2002.
The case which culminated in the charges issued in November last year was launched by prosecutors in 2015, effectively terminating Blatter's FIFA presidency ahead of schedule, and leading to Platini, then president of UEFA, withdrawing from the race to be his successor.
Both faced separate FIFA ethics committee investigations and were banned from football for eight years, reduced to six on appeal.
However, Blatter is now serving a fresh suspension after being found in March of last year to be part of a "vicious circle" of officials who sought to award themselves over £50m in undeclared payments.
https://www.skysports.com/football/...ini-to-stand-trial-in-june-charged-with-fraud
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The start of the trial of Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini has been delayed by a day after Blatter said he was too ill to testify.
Once the most powerful men in world football, the pair were due to go on trial on Wednesday accused of fraud.
But Blatter told a court hearing in Switzerland that he is unable to testify because of chest pains.
"The pain will come back and I am having difficulty breathing," said the 86-year-old in a whisper.
Judges at the Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona allowed Blatter, former president of world football's governing body Fifa, to make his testimony on Thursday.
Swiss prosecutors claim a 2011 payment of 2m Swiss francs (£1.6m) made by Blatter to Platini, ex-president of European football's governing body Uefa, was unlawful.
Both men deny wrongdoing and say the transfer was belated payment to former France captain Platini, 66, for his advisory work for Fifa between 1998 and 2002.
The pair were banned from football in 2015 and indicted in November last year.
Earlier on Wednesday, lawyers for Blatter and Platini failed to move the trial to a local court or dismiss Fifa's civil claim against them to recoup the 2m Swiss francs.
The trial is due to conclude on 22 June, with a verdict expected on 8 July.
If found guilty, the defendants could be jailed for up to five years or fined.
BBC
Once the most powerful men in world football, the pair were due to go on trial on Wednesday accused of fraud.
But Blatter told a court hearing in Switzerland that he is unable to testify because of chest pains.
"The pain will come back and I am having difficulty breathing," said the 86-year-old in a whisper.
Judges at the Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona allowed Blatter, former president of world football's governing body Fifa, to make his testimony on Thursday.
Swiss prosecutors claim a 2011 payment of 2m Swiss francs (£1.6m) made by Blatter to Platini, ex-president of European football's governing body Uefa, was unlawful.
Both men deny wrongdoing and say the transfer was belated payment to former France captain Platini, 66, for his advisory work for Fifa between 1998 and 2002.
The pair were banned from football in 2015 and indicted in November last year.
Earlier on Wednesday, lawyers for Blatter and Platini failed to move the trial to a local court or dismiss Fifa's civil claim against them to recoup the 2m Swiss francs.
The trial is due to conclude on 22 June, with a verdict expected on 8 July.
If found guilty, the defendants could be jailed for up to five years or fined.
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Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter has denied approving fraudulent payments to Michel Platini, saying that a 2011 transfer followed a "gentleman's agreement" between the pair.
Prosecutors claim a 2m Swiss francs (£1.6m) payment made by Blatter to ex-Uefa president Platini was unlawful.
Both men, who deny wrongdoing, are on trial in Bellinzona, Switzerland.
The start of the trial was delayed by a day on Wednesday after Blatter said he was too ill to testify.
He told the court he had chest pains and was having "difficulty breathing".
The 86-year-old gave his testimony on Thursday and said he asked Platini to be his adviser when he was first appointed president of football's world governing body in 1998.
He said former France captain Platini wanted 1m Swiss francs (£816,030) per year but Blatter told him Fifa could not afford that fee.
They instead settled on 300,000 Swiss francs (£244,809) per year, with the outstanding total to be paid at a later date.
"I knew when we started with Michel Platini that is not the total, and we would look at it later," Blatter told the court, adding they shook hands on their "gentleman's agreement".
He added: "It was an agreement between two sportsmen. I found nothing wrong with that."
Three-time Ballon d'Or winner Platini, 66, said: "I trusted the president, and knew he would pay me one day."
Platini stopped working for Fifa in 2002 but did not pursue the payment until 2010, telling the court he had not needed the money at the time of his departure, when - according to Blatter - Fifa was in any case "broke".
However, Platini later heard that two former employees had received substantial payments and approached Fifa, who he said told him to send an invoice. He did so in January 2011, with the money paid 10 days later after approval by Blatter.
The pair were banned from football in 2015 and indicted in November last year.
The Swiss Office of the Attorney General accused Blatter and Platini of "fraud, in the alternative of misappropriation, in the further alternative of criminal mismanagement as well as of forgery of a document".
Platini, who was also charged as an accomplice, said he felt the ban was a deliberate attempt to stop him from becoming Fifa president in 2015.
The trial is due to conclude on 22 June, with a verdict expected on 8 July.
If found guilty, the defendants could be jailed for up to five years or fined.
BBC
Prosecutors claim a 2m Swiss francs (£1.6m) payment made by Blatter to ex-Uefa president Platini was unlawful.
Both men, who deny wrongdoing, are on trial in Bellinzona, Switzerland.
The start of the trial was delayed by a day on Wednesday after Blatter said he was too ill to testify.
He told the court he had chest pains and was having "difficulty breathing".
The 86-year-old gave his testimony on Thursday and said he asked Platini to be his adviser when he was first appointed president of football's world governing body in 1998.
He said former France captain Platini wanted 1m Swiss francs (£816,030) per year but Blatter told him Fifa could not afford that fee.
They instead settled on 300,000 Swiss francs (£244,809) per year, with the outstanding total to be paid at a later date.
"I knew when we started with Michel Platini that is not the total, and we would look at it later," Blatter told the court, adding they shook hands on their "gentleman's agreement".
He added: "It was an agreement between two sportsmen. I found nothing wrong with that."
Three-time Ballon d'Or winner Platini, 66, said: "I trusted the president, and knew he would pay me one day."
Platini stopped working for Fifa in 2002 but did not pursue the payment until 2010, telling the court he had not needed the money at the time of his departure, when - according to Blatter - Fifa was in any case "broke".
However, Platini later heard that two former employees had received substantial payments and approached Fifa, who he said told him to send an invoice. He did so in January 2011, with the money paid 10 days later after approval by Blatter.
The pair were banned from football in 2015 and indicted in November last year.
The Swiss Office of the Attorney General accused Blatter and Platini of "fraud, in the alternative of misappropriation, in the further alternative of criminal mismanagement as well as of forgery of a document".
Platini, who was also charged as an accomplice, said he felt the ban was a deliberate attempt to stop him from becoming Fifa president in 2015.
The trial is due to conclude on 22 June, with a verdict expected on 8 July.
If found guilty, the defendants could be jailed for up to five years or fined.
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Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter and vice-president Michel Platini have both been found not guilty following their fraud trial in Switzerland.
The pair stood trial over a payment of 2m Swiss francs (£1.6m) made by Blatter to Platini in 2011.
Both men had denied wrongdoing and said the transfer was belated payment for Platini's advisory work for Fifa.
On his arrival at the court on Friday, Blatter said: "I am not innocent in my life but in this case I am innocent."
Blatter, 86, and former Uefa president Platini, 67, were banned from football in 2015 and indicted last November.
I won a first game - Platini
Following a case that was opened in 2015, their 11-day trial over the 2011 payment took place at the Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona and concluded on 22 June.
"I wanted to express my happiness for all my loved ones that justice has finally been done after seven years of lies and manipulation," said Platini.
"The truth has come to light during this trial and I deeply thank the judges of the tribunal for the independence of their decision.
"I kept saying it - my fight is a fight against injustice. I won a first game.
"In this case, there are culprits who did not appear during this trial. Let them count on me, we will meet again because I will not give up and I will go all the way in my quest for truth."
Frenchman Platini had an illustrious playing career in football and is a three-time Ballon d'Or winner.
He captained France to victory at the 1984 European Championship and won the 1985 European Cup with Juventus.
Platini later went on to coach the French national team and became Uefa president in 2007.
When his own conduct was investigated by Fifa's ethics committee as part of a wider bid to root out corruption from the organisation, he stood down from the presidency of Uefa and was subsequently banned from football for eight years, though that was later reduced to four.
His appeal against the ban was rejected by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) in 2020.
"Believe me, going from being a legend of world soccer to a devil is very difficult, especially when it comes to you in a totally unfair way," added Platini.
What happened during the trial?
In his testimony during the trial, Blatter said he asked Platini to be his adviser when he was first appointed president of football's world governing body in 1998.
He said former France captain Platini wanted 1m Swiss francs (£816,030) per year but Blatter told him Fifa could not afford that fee.
They instead settled on 300,000 Swiss francs (£244,809) per year, with the outstanding total to be paid at a later date.
"I knew when we started with Michel Platini that is not the total, and we would look at it later," Blatter had told the court during the trial, adding they shook hands on their "gentleman's agreement".
He added: "It was an agreement between two sportsmen. I found nothing wrong with that."
Platini said: "I trusted the president, and knew he would pay me one day."
Platini stopped working for Fifa in 2002 but did not pursue the payment until 2010, telling the court he had not needed the money at the time of his departure, when - according to Blatter - Fifa was in any case "broke".
However, Platini later heard that two former employees had received substantial payments and approached Fifa, who he said told him to send an invoice. He did so in January 2011, with the money paid 10 days later after approval by Blatter.
The Swiss Office of the Attorney General accused Blatter and Platini of "fraud, in the alternative of misappropriation, in the further alternative of criminal mismanagement as well as of forgery of a document".
Platini, who was also charged as an accomplice, said he felt the ban was a deliberate attempt to stop him from becoming Fifa president in 2015.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62081675
The pair stood trial over a payment of 2m Swiss francs (£1.6m) made by Blatter to Platini in 2011.
Both men had denied wrongdoing and said the transfer was belated payment for Platini's advisory work for Fifa.
On his arrival at the court on Friday, Blatter said: "I am not innocent in my life but in this case I am innocent."
Blatter, 86, and former Uefa president Platini, 67, were banned from football in 2015 and indicted last November.
I won a first game - Platini
Following a case that was opened in 2015, their 11-day trial over the 2011 payment took place at the Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona and concluded on 22 June.
"I wanted to express my happiness for all my loved ones that justice has finally been done after seven years of lies and manipulation," said Platini.
"The truth has come to light during this trial and I deeply thank the judges of the tribunal for the independence of their decision.
"I kept saying it - my fight is a fight against injustice. I won a first game.
"In this case, there are culprits who did not appear during this trial. Let them count on me, we will meet again because I will not give up and I will go all the way in my quest for truth."
Frenchman Platini had an illustrious playing career in football and is a three-time Ballon d'Or winner.
He captained France to victory at the 1984 European Championship and won the 1985 European Cup with Juventus.
Platini later went on to coach the French national team and became Uefa president in 2007.
When his own conduct was investigated by Fifa's ethics committee as part of a wider bid to root out corruption from the organisation, he stood down from the presidency of Uefa and was subsequently banned from football for eight years, though that was later reduced to four.
His appeal against the ban was rejected by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) in 2020.
"Believe me, going from being a legend of world soccer to a devil is very difficult, especially when it comes to you in a totally unfair way," added Platini.
What happened during the trial?
In his testimony during the trial, Blatter said he asked Platini to be his adviser when he was first appointed president of football's world governing body in 1998.
He said former France captain Platini wanted 1m Swiss francs (£816,030) per year but Blatter told him Fifa could not afford that fee.
They instead settled on 300,000 Swiss francs (£244,809) per year, with the outstanding total to be paid at a later date.
"I knew when we started with Michel Platini that is not the total, and we would look at it later," Blatter had told the court during the trial, adding they shook hands on their "gentleman's agreement".
He added: "It was an agreement between two sportsmen. I found nothing wrong with that."
Platini said: "I trusted the president, and knew he would pay me one day."
Platini stopped working for Fifa in 2002 but did not pursue the payment until 2010, telling the court he had not needed the money at the time of his departure, when - according to Blatter - Fifa was in any case "broke".
However, Platini later heard that two former employees had received substantial payments and approached Fifa, who he said told him to send an invoice. He did so in January 2011, with the money paid 10 days later after approval by Blatter.
The Swiss Office of the Attorney General accused Blatter and Platini of "fraud, in the alternative of misappropriation, in the further alternative of criminal mismanagement as well as of forgery of a document".
Platini, who was also charged as an accomplice, said he felt the ban was a deliberate attempt to stop him from becoming Fifa president in 2015.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62081675
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