Michel Platini

Sepp Blatter says choosing Qatar to host World Cup was ‘a mistake’

Handing the World Cup to Qatar was a ‘mistake’ and a ‘bad choice’ according to the former Fifa president Sepp Blatter

Paul MacInnes

08, Nov, 2022 @1:47 PM

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini acquitted of fraud by Swiss court

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini have been acquitted of fraud in a Swiss court over a payment of 2.2m Swiss francs made in 2011

Sean Ingle

08, Jul, 2022 @8:19 AM

Trial of Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini will make for electric theatre

After a seven-year investigation, the two football powerbrokers are in court this week to face fraud, embezzlement and corruption charges

Sean Ingle

05, Jun, 2022 @7:00 AM

Michel Platini's appeal over ban rejected by European court of human rights

Michel Platini’s appeal against his ban from football has been thrown out by the European court of human rights

Barney Ronay

05, Mar, 2020 @9:38 AM

Fifa prepares to sue Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini to get £1.5m back

Fifa is preparing to sue Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini for a return of the 2m Swiss francs paid to Platini in 2011

David Conn

11, Dec, 2019 @1:27 PM

Michel Platini, four years on from his downfall, still stalks the stage | Barney Ronay

Michel Platini wanted to be his own man and to parade as some kind of sporting conscience but in the end he found himself beaten thin and ultimately lost within the machine

Barney Ronay

30, Aug, 2019 @7:00 PM

Fifa’s dirty laundry does not cause such a stench in murky times of today | Marina Hyde

In a world of pee tapes, poisonings and cybersecurity attacks, news such as Michel Platini’s detention does not feel quite the full-spectrum scandal it once would have been

Marina Hyde

19, Jun, 2019 @1:13 PM

Michel Platini was 'hurt' by detention and Qatar World Cup questioning

Michel Platini has been released after having been questioned over the awarding of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar, saying the experience hurt him but he feels ‘at peace’

Guardian sport and agencies

19, Jun, 2019 @8:27 AM

A Sarkozy lunch, PSG and beIN sports: questions for Platini over Qatar 2022

Why was Michel Platini, former president of Uefa, detained by French investigators? What are they looking for? And could Qatar lose the 2022 World Cup?

David Conn

18, Jun, 2019 @5:59 PM

Michel Platini detained over award of 2022 World Cup to Qatar

Michel Platini has been detained in connection with a criminal investigation into alleged corruption relating to the 2022 World Cup

David Conn

18, Jun, 2019 @9:20 AM

Michel Platini rages from the sidelines as Infantino stands to keep Fifa crown

The banned former Uefa president claims there was a plot to stop him taking top job at Fifa but says he has no regrets

David Conn in Paris

03, Jun, 2019 @12:18 PM

Blatter’s spirit lives on with Infantino seeing Fifa’s enemies inside and out | David Conn

The new Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, has denied he was behind the controversial removal of ethics committee chairmen as annual congress tries to turn page on corruption scandal

David Conn in Bahrain

11, May, 2017 @7:40 PM