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Trial Opens For Fallen Football Chiefs Sepp Blatter And Michel Platini
Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, once the chiefs of world and European football, went on trial in Switzerland on Wednesday over a suspected fraudulent payment. Former FIFA president Blatter, 86, and Platini, 66, appeared in the Federal Criminal Court in the southern city of Bellinzona, following an investigation that began in 2015 and lasted six years. The pair are being tried over a two million Swiss franc ($2.08 million) payment in 2011 to Platini, who was then in charge of European football's governing body UEFA.
Smiling Blatter enters court at start of FIFA fraud trial
Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini have arrived at a Swiss criminal court for the start of their 11-day trial on charges of defrauding world football’s governing body FIFA.
Blatter and Platini go on trial in Switzerland
Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, once the chiefs of world and European football, have gone on trial in Switzerland over a suspected fraudulent payment.
Former FIFA chief Sepp Blatter’s trial over corrupt football payments begins
BELLINZONA, Switzerland: The trial of former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and French footballing legend Michel Platini over alleged corrupt payments began in Switzerland on Wednesday with both defendants in a confident mood. Swiss prosecutors accuse the pair, once among the game’s most powerful figures, of unlawfully arranging a payment of $2.08 million (2 million Swiss francs) in 2011. Blatter and Platini deny the charges.
Trial opens for fallen football chiefs Blatter and Platini
Blatter and Michel Platini, once the chiefs of world and European football, went on trial in Switzerland on Wednesday over a suspected fraudulent payment. Former FIFA president Blatter, 86, and Platini, 66, appeared in the Federal Criminal Court in the southern city of Bellinzona, following an investigation that began in 2015 and lasted six years.
Trial of Blatter, Platini over corrupt soccer payments begins
BELLINZONA, Switzerland : The trial of former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and French footballing legend Michel Platini over alleged corrupt payments began in Switzerland on Wednesday with both defendants in a confident mood.