Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and French football legend Michel Platini are back in court in Switzerland to face ...

Former FIFA and UEFA leaders return to Swiss court for 2nd trial on fraud charges, nearly decade after investigation began - ...

French footballing great Michel Platini was accused of fraud to torpedo his chances of becoming the head of world soccer's ...

One week before his 89th birthday, former FIFA president Sepp Blatter returns to court Monday for a retrial in a case of ...

They related to a FIFA payment of 2 million Swiss francs (now $2.21 million) to Platini ... The Blatter-Platini case upended the expected line of succession at FIFA, where the heads of its ...

I don't mind FIFA adding a Super Bowl-style halftime show during the 2026 World Cup final ... as long as they don't mess with ...

Getty Blatter approved a FIFA payment of 2 million Swiss francs (now $2.21 million) to Platini in 2011 for working as a ...

FILE - The former Fifa President, Joseph Blatter, center, waves to the press in front of the Swiss Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona, Switzerland, at the last day of the trail, after the ...

The case wrecked Platini's hopes of eventually succeeding Blatter, who resigned from FIFA in 2015 following a separate corruption scandal. Blatter and Platini were suspended from football in 2015 ...

The Swiss federal prosecutor says the 69-year-old illegally took payment of 2 million Swiss francs ($2.25 million) from Fifa in 2011, after it was approved by the organisation's former President ...