Judgment day for Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini dawns Monday, when FIFA’s ethics court is expected to ban the scandal-scarred soccer body’s most powerful leaders.
Soccer
Bans expected for Blatter, Platini
Judgment day for Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini dawns Monday, when FIFA’s ethics court is expected to ban the scandal-scarred soccer body’s most powerful leaders.
FIFA President Blatter and his one-time intended successor face being kicked out of the world’s favorite sport for at least several years over a $2 million payment Blatter approved for UEFA President Platini in 2011.
Both deny wrongdoing yet a conflict of interest in managing FIFA money — they didn’t tell executive-committee colleagues about the payment — is considered a likely basis for guilty verdicts.