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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.

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Emma Raducanu forced to retire from Nottingham Open with injury

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Disgraced FIFA chiefs Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini face fraud trial

Former FIFA president Blatter, 86, and Platini, 66, start a two-week trial at Switzerland's Federal Criminal Court in the southern city of Bellinzona, following a mammoth 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.

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Former FIFA chief Sepp Blatter’s trial over corrupt football payments begins

Trial opens for fallen football chiefs Blatter and Platini

Trial of Blatter, Platini over corrupt soccer payments begins

Celtic line up Premiership rival's former No.1 to provide Joe Hart competition

Andy Murray reveals wish to play with Roger Federer again as he prepares for Wimbledon at Stuttgart Open

Emma Raducanu forced to retire from Nottingham Open with injury

Disgraced FIFA chiefs Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini face fraud trial

Arsenal confident of completing £25million deal to sign Granit Xhaka upgrade