An ethics tribunal of scandal-plagued FIFA on Monday banned president Sepp Blatter and Uefa boss Michel Platini for eight years saying they had abused their positions over a 2 million Swiss francs payment made to Platini.
The sentence against the two most powerful men in football stunningly highlighted the troubles faced by the world’s most popular sport where billions of dollars have been invested in recent years.
Blatter and Platini were “immediately” banned from all football activities. A court statement said both showed “abusive execution” of their powers.