Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and ex-UEFA president Michel Platini have finally seen the curtain fall on a saga that lasted more than a decade, Afrosport reports. The office of Switzerland’s attorney general announced on Thursday that it would not challenge the March verdicts of an appeal court, which cleared both men of any wrongdoing. Blatter and Platini had first gone on trial in 2022, facing...
Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter and former UEFA President Michel Platini were both cleared of corruption charges by a Swiss court on Tuesday, Afrosport reports. The pair were cleared of fraud at a hearing at the Extraordinary Appeals Chamber of the Swiss Criminal Court in Muttenz. The hearing came two-and-a-half years after they were first acquitted of the offences at a lower court, but federal prosecutors...
Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe moved ahead of three-time Ballon d’Or winner Michel Platini on France’s all-time scoring chart with a brace in their 2-1 win against the Netherlands in their UEFA EURO 2024 qualifiers on Friday. The Les Bleus captain took his tally for his nation to 42 goals in 72 matches at the Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam to become the fourth all-time top...
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