Blatter approved a FIFA payment of 2 million Swiss francs (now $2.21 million) to Platini in 2011 for working as a presidential advisor a decade earlier. “When you talk about falsehoods, lies and ...

Soccer-Ex-FIFA Chief Blatter States His Innocence on Court Return Over Fraud Case By John Revill MUTTENZ, Switzerland(Reuters) -Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter said he was innocent when he ...

Blatter, the former head of the world football's governing body FIFA, is anticipating the opportunity to clear his name of allegations of corrupt payments made to French football legend Michel ...

Muttenz: Ex-FIFA president Sepp Blatter arrived at a Swiss court Monday for his retrial on fraud, forgery and misappropriation charges, appearing frail one week before his 89th birthday.

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