Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and France soccer great Michel Platini are due to appear in court in Switzerland on Monday accused of fraud – two-and-a-half years after they were cleared.

ZURICH, March 5 (Reuters) - French footballing great Michel Platini was accused of fraud to torpedo his chances of becoming the head of world soccer's governing body FIFA, his lawyer told a Swiss court on Wednesday. Platini, a former captain and manager of ...

Former soccer leaders Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini are back in a Swiss court as their new trial on fraud, forgery and misappropriation charges opened

(Ti-Press/Alessandro Crinari/Keystone via AP, File) The former president of the the European Football Association Michel Platini, center, speaks to the press in front of the Swiss Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona, Switzerland, at the last day of the ...

The saga stems from the delayed payment of 2 million Swiss francs Fifa paid Platini in 2011 for consultancy services. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Former FIFA and UEFA leaders return to Swiss court for 2nd trial on fraud charges, nearly decade after investigation began - Anadolu Ajansı

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini are back in court for appeal hearing after the pair were acquitted of fraud charges in 2022 over a £1.6m payment made to the former UEFA boss

The Swiss public prosecutor on Tuesday requested suspended sentences of 20 months for both Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini in an appeal against their 2022 acquittal in a corruption case.The case began in 2015 when Blatter quit as head of FIFA in a corruption crisis.

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and soccer great Michel Platini return to Swiss court, defending their innocence after a 2022 acquittal of fraud charges. An appeal by the Swiss federal prosecutor brings new hearings.

Sepp Blatter, the former head of FIFA, and Michel Platini, the ex-president of UEFA, will be back in a Swiss court on Monday for another examination of the charges of fraud that knocked them off the summits of global football. A special appeals court ...

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini once again face the Swiss Criminal Court, as the prosecutor appeals a previous decision clearing them of fraud charges. A payment of 2 million Swiss francs to Platini remains contentious.