Fifa president Sepp Blatter and Uefa boss Michel Platini banned for eight years
World soccer governing body’s ethics committee also fines Blatter 50,000 Swiss francs and Platini 80,000 Swiss francs
Fifa’s ethics committee on Monday banned suspended president Sepp Blatter and Uefa boss Michel Platini for eight years from all soccer-related activities.
Ethics judges ruled that Blatter broke the Fifa Code of Ethics rules on conflicts of interest, breach of loyalty and offering gifts.
By failing to place Fifa’s interests first and abstain from doing anything which could be contrary to Fifa’s interests, Mr Blatter violated his fiduciary duty to Fifa
Platini broke rules on conflict of interest and loyalty.
Both denied wrongdoing in 2011 when Platini took US$2 million of Fifa money approved by Blatter as uncontracted salary for work as a presidential adviser from 1999-2002.
Blatter was fined 50,000 Swiss francs (HK$390,000) and Platini was fined 80,000 Swiss francs.
The decision, which comes as a corruption scandal swirls around Fifa, means that Blatter’s 17 years at the helm of world soccer will end in disgrace, and spells the end of Platini’s hopes of replacing the 79-year-old Swiss in a presidential election in February.