Blatter announced his plan to resign early as president, in June 2015, in the fallout from a sprawling American corruption investigation — ending his 17-year reign.
Platini is formally a suspect because of the payment that led to his removal as president of European football body UEFA -- and as a candidate to lead FIFA -- when Swiss federal investigators revealed the allegation five years ago.
The unanimous ruling by seven judges to declare Platini’s application inadmissible was published on Thursday by the court in Strasbourg, France.
FIFA said in a statement that any money recovered, plus interest, would be “fully channelled back into football development, which is where the money should have gone in the first place.”
France soccer great Michel Platini insists "a little trickery" in the 1998 World Cup draw ensured his home country would avoid playing Brazil until the final which it won in Paris.
Zurich: UEFA president Michel Platini will resign from European football's governing body after failing to have a six-year ban overturned by a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) panel on Monday. The panel, however, reduced
Zurich: After a controversial phase for the world's football governing body FIFA which saw a series of scandals and the subsequent suspension of incumbent Sepp Blatter, a new president is set to be elected on
Zurich: A FIFA appeal committee on Wednesday reduced bans against Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini to six years but maintained they were still guilty of ethics breaches.The appeal result was announced as UEFA general secretary
Switzerland: Michel Platini's dream of becoming the next FIFA president is over. Platini told The Associated Press that he remains determined to overturn the eight-year ban he was handed by FIFA's ethics committee last month,
Geneva (AP): Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini lost their appeals Wednesday against interim 90-day bans for financial wrongdoing in the growing corruption scandal that has shaken world soccer.Platini's lawyer said FIFA had "perverted its own
Geneva: Seven men are in the running to replace Sepp Blatter as FIFA president, with Michel Platini's candidature pending because of his suspension from soccer.FIFA published the list of valid applications "proposed in due time
Zurich: World football's governing body FIFA on Thursday suspended its president Sepp Blatter, general secretary Jerome Valcke and president of the European football body UEFA Michel Platini for three months."The adjudicatory chamber of the Ethics
Seoul: Former FIFA vice-president Chung Mong-joon on Thursday said he wants to replace Sepp Blatter as the world football governing body's next president.Chung is a major shareholder of automobile giants Hyundai. The South-Korean has also
Geneva (AP): Michel Platini has launched his campaign to succeed Sepp Blatter as FIFA president, aiming to give the scandal-hit governing body "the dignity and the position it deserves."Platini, the UEFA president and a
Madrid: European football's governing body UEFA president Michel Platini has underlined the urgent need for reform within FIFA, hoping the "new leadership" will solve the world football body's troubles.FIFA is set to elect a new president
Geneva (AP): FIFA lacks credibility while Sepp Blatter is president, according to UEFA leader Michel Platini, saying his former mentor fears the “emptiness” of life after leaving soccer's world governing body.Blatter is clinging to power
Rome: UEFA president Michel Platini says he will not support Sepp Blatter in his bid for a fifth term as FIFA president.Platini tells Italian state TV "I wish him well but four years ago he
PARIS : Michel Platini says "somebody, something" is out to discredit him. The UEFA president told sports newspaper L'Equipe he's hurt by British media reports that cast doubts on his links to now disgraced Qatari
ZURICH: FIFA vice presidents Michel Platini and Jeffrey Webb say they support ethics investigator Michael Garcia amid reports that senior FIFA colleagues want the American removed from office. Garcia is investigating potential wrongdoing, including by
Ukraine, Jun30: UEFA President Michel Platini has dismissed suggestions that Spain played “boring” football to reach the European Championship final against Italy.Platini says “I don't agree at all” with commentators who argue that the defending
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