Tag: Michel Platini

• Thursday, October 8th 2015 - 08:55 UTC

  Blatter's lawyer denies any suspension; FIFA ethics committee also looking into Platini's case

  

  Sepp Blatter, the president of FIFA, was facing a potential suspension this week as the independent ethics committee of world soccer’s governing body deliberated on whether to remove him, at least temporarily, while Swiss authorities investigate him for possible corruption.

• Friday, September 25th 2015 - 22:57 UTC

  Tremor in FIFA: Swiss prosecutors open criminal proceedings against Blatter; Platini questioned

  

  President Michel Platini says a payment to him being looked into by Swiss authorities was for work carried out under contract at FIFA. FIFA president Sepp Blatter has been questioned by Swiss federal police over alleged financial corruption. The attorney general's office in Switzerland said it has opened criminal proceedings against Blatter over possible criminal mismanagement and misappropriation of FIFA money.

• Thursday, September 10th 2015 - 08:14 UTC

  Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein makes official his bid to head FIFA and slams Platini

  

  Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan wastes no time in slamming Michel Platini as he announces his bid to succeed Sepp Blatter as head of world football's governing body. After hinting at a second run for the FIFA presidency at the Soccerex Global Convention in Manchester on Monday, the Jordanian officially launched his campaign on Wednesday in Amman.

• Wednesday, August 26th 2015 - 05:47 UTC

  Blatter says he is 'clean' and denies systematic bribery in FIFA

  

  With FIFA reeling from the most damaging corruption crisis in its 111-year history, (14 FIFA officials and marketing executives were indicted by US justice authorities in May over a $150 million bribery scandal), Sepp Blatter denied that FIFA was corrupt to the core.

• Tuesday, August 18th 2015 - 15:15 UTC

  Chung wants to clean FIFA; accuses Blatter-Platini of father-son relation

  

  Honorary FIFA vice president Chung Mong-Joon says he will clean the sport of football if elected president of FIFA. Chung blames the previous president Sepp Blatter for the recent corruption scandals which have cast shadows over the sport and its organizing body.

• Thursday, July 30th 2015 - 08:30 UTC

  Platini confirms bid to replace Blatter and “give FIFA the dignity it deserves”

  

  Michel Platini launched his bid to replace Sepp Blatter at the helm of world football, pledging “to give FIFA back the dignity and the position it deserves”.
  On Wednesday he sent a letter to the leaders of FIFA's 209 member associations, some of whom he canvassed for their support at the 2018 World Cup draw in St Petersburg last Saturday.

• Tuesday, July 21st 2015 - 04:33 UTC

  Despite incident, defiant Blatter won't leave FIFA until after successor is elected February 26

  

  A British comedian disrupted a news conference by Sepp Blatter on Monday, showering the FIFA president with fake money. As Blatter took his seat, performer Simon Brodkin rose from a front-row seat to confront him.

• Tuesday, June 23rd 2015 - 05:29 UTC

  Maradona announce he intends to run for FIFA's presidency

  

  Argentine football legend Diego Maradona has thrown his hat into the ring for the FIFA presidency, according to reports. Reuters quoted Uruguayan journalist and author Victor Hugo Morales saying that Maradona, 54, had revealed his plan on Sunday.

• Saturday, May 30th 2015 - 09:27 UTC

  FIFA case: US investigator 'fairly confident' of another round of indictments

  

  Richard Weber, the United States Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) leader of criminal investigations, told The New York Times he was fairly confident that there would be another round of indictments, following on the 14 FIFA officials accused of racketeering and accepting $150 million in bribes to rig marketing contracts and the selection of the host country for the 2010 World Cup.

• Friday, May 29th 2015 - 08:33 UTC

  Undaunted Blatter blames corruption on others and pledges to rebuild trust in FIFA

  

  Despite growing pressure to resign having presided over a series of corruption scandals, Sepp Blatter tells Congress he is still the man to rebuild trust in FIFA’s battered reputation