Michel Platini will resign as UEFA president after the Court of Arbitration for Sport's decision not to overturn his ban from football activity.
Platini did see his ban — which was related to a $2 million payment to him by then FIFA chief Sepp Blatter in 2011 — reduced from six years to four by CAS's three-man appeal panel.
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CAS also reduced his fine from 80,000 Swiss Francs, or some $82,000, to 60,000 Swiss Francs, or roughly $62,000, but maintained he was right to be punished and had taken into account "the absence of any repentance" and the impact of the saga on FIFA's reputation.