Tag: Michel Platini

• Friday, May 29th 2015 - 08:27 UTC

  Asian confederation announces it will support Blatter on Friday

  

  The Asian Football Confederation says it still supports Sepp Blatter's bid for another term as FIFA president, and opposes any move to delay Friday's scheduled elections in the wake of a string of corruption arrests of some of the federation's top officials.

• Wednesday, May 27th 2015 - 14:46 UTC

  Platini blasts Blatter for 'lying' and supports Prince Ali ahead of FIFA's Friday election

  

  UEFA president Michel Platini blasted Sepp Blatter for lying about his pledge to step down in 2015 and throws his support behind presidential challenger Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein.

• Tuesday, September 16th 2014 - 05:10 UTC

  Blatter has a challenger for next year's FIFA president election: Champagne

  

  Former FIFA official Jerome Champagne has formally announced that he will stand against incumbent Sepp Blatter in next year's election for president of the world soccer body.

• Wednesday, September 10th 2014 - 04:55 UTC

  Blatter will run for a fifth term, despite ongoing corruption scandals

  

  Sepp Blatter has confirmed he will run for a fifth, four-year term as FIFA president. Buoyed by a successful World Cup in Brazil and UEFA President Michel Platini opting not to stand in next year’s election, the 78-year-old Blatter believes he has the backing to win again.

• Monday, August 11th 2014 - 07:55 UTC

  Blatter challenges his critics to take the risk and stand for FIFA election

  

  FIFA President Sepp Blatter has challenged his critics to “take the risk” and stand for election against him next year. Although he did not identify potential rivals in the ballot scheduled in May, he appeared to target UEFA President Michel Platini.

• Saturday, May 10th 2014 - 08:09 UTC

  Blatter wants to keep running FIFA: “my mission is not finished”

  

  FIFA president Sepp Blatter plans to run for a fifth term as the boss of global football, the Swiss newspaper Blick said on Friday. “I want to do this, because things aren't over yet. My mandate is running out, but my mission is not finished,” the 78-year-old was quoted as saying by the tabloid.

• Saturday, May 10th 2014 - 07:21 UTC

  UEFA' president Platini will attend the Gibraltar Cup final

  

  The Gibraltar Football Association has announced that UEFA President Michel Platini will visit Gibraltar on Saturday and attend the Rock Cup final.

• Friday, September 20th 2013 - 20:48 UTC

  UEFA agree in principle to move date of 2022 World Cup in Qatar

  

  The 54 member federations of European governing body UEFA are unanimously in favor “in principle” of moving the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to a different time of the year, UEFA president Michel Platini confirmed on Friday.

• Thursday, September 19th 2013 - 07:50 UTC

  Blatter admits ‘political influence’ for 2022 Qatar World Cup; Europe wants change of venue

  

  Europe’s 54 soccer nations are prepared to support moving the 2022 Qatar World Cup from the summer heat to playing in January. Allegedly European soccer leaders gave UEFA President Michel Platini a mandate for change on Wednesday.

• Saturday, May 25th 2013 - 04:17 UTC

  Gibraltar becomes 54th member of UEFA and will dispute the Euro Cup 2016

  

  Gibraltar has been accepted as a full member of UEFA, European football's governing body. The application was approved on Friday on a majority vote at the organisation's congress in London, with no votes against and no abstentions.