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The former FIFA and UEFA heads were both cleared of corruption charges, centred on a £1.6m payment made in 2011, after a two-week trial was held in Switzerland

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini have been acquitted of fraud in a Swiss court over a payment of 2.2m Swiss francs made in 2011

Sepp Blatter, who for nearly two decades ruled as the most powerful administrator in world football, insisted on Thursday that Michel Platini, one of his most illustrious advisors, justified his massive fees.

Michel Platini "was worth his million" Swiss francs a year, former FIFA president Sepp Blatter insisted Thursday, telling a Swiss court he could not understand why the pair were answering fraud charges. The former world football chief and French football legend Platini are being tried at Switzerland's Federal Criminal Court…

Blatter and Michel Platini are in a Swiss criminal court for their 11-day trial on charges of defrauding Fifa

The trial of former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and French footballing legend Michel Platini over alleged corrupt payments ground to a halt on Wednesday when Blatter said he was too ill to testify.

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Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and ex-UEFA president Michel Platini arrived in court in Switzerland this morning to face corruption charges.

Swiss prosecutors accuse former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and former UEFA president Michel Platini of unlawfully arranging a payment of $2 million in 2011