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FIFA lawyers say Sepp Blatter, Jerome Valcke and Markus Kattner got $80M over five years, Getty images

Ongoing FIFA Trouble

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 4, 2016 | Sports

Zurich (Switzerland) – FIFA scandals have recently sampled in an ongoing parade of exposed corruption with its latest being the Swiss police raiding its headquarters in Zurich. In the search, each of former president Sepp Blatter, former FIFA Secretary General...

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FIFA Suspends President Sepp Blatter, Michel Platini and Jerome Valcke

Fifa Wants to Ban Blatter and Platini from Football for Eight Years

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 12, 2016 | Sports

FIFA had banned Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini from football for eight years, as the two had been investigated by the body’s Ethics Committee amid the corruption scandal that has shaken up football governance in recent months. FIFA Ethics Committee considered...

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Platini withdraws from FIFA presidential race

Platini Bids FIFA Presidency Farewell

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 8, 2016 | Sports

The 8-year-banned football administrator, Michel 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, but that the deadline for the Feb. 26 election is too short, forcing...

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Both men denied any impropriety

The Fall of The Blatter Empire

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 22, 2015 | Sports

ZURICH—Soccer’s international governing body issued eight-year bans on two of the most powerful men in the game: FIFA President Sepp Blatter and his former heir-apparent Michel Platini for alleged ethical violations. Blatter responded angrily to the decision, saying...