Michel Platini's suspension from all football-related activities does not automatically invalidate his candidacy for the FIFA presidency, the world governing body's ethics committee told AFP on Thursday.... more »
UEFA leader Michel Platini hit out Thursday at "insidious" leaks claiming he faces a 90-day suspension from world football's governing body FIFA.... more »
European football chief Michel Platini has nothing to hide over a $2 million (1.8 million euros) payment he received from world governing body FIFA, his spokesman said on Wednesday.... more »
UEFA chief Michel Platini has failed so far to give a "credible explanation" for a $2million dollar payment from FIFA, the head of Germany's football league said in an interview published Thursday.... more »
The English Football Association on Wednesday gave backing to Michel Platini to become FIFA president but said issues surrounding the Frenchman, named in a Swiss criminal investigation, need to be "fully examined."... more »
UEFA chief Michel Platini is "still determined" to run for the FIFA presidency as successor to Sepp Blatter in next February's elections, despite "doubts" about his integrity, he told AFP on Tuesday.... more »
German Football Association (DFB) president Wolfgang Niersbach has warned of prejudging UEFA boss Michel Platini before the details of an alleged improper payment from FIFA counterpart Sepp Blatter are known.... more »
FIFA President Sepp Blatter told Swiss investigators that a two-million Swiss franc payment to UEFA boss Michel Platini was legitimate, despite a claim from prosecutors that the payment was "disloyal" to FIFA, Blatter's lawyer said Monday.... more »
UEFA president Michel Platini on Friday insisted a payment he received from FIFA, which is at the centre of legal proceedings launched against FIFA president Sepp Blatter, was for contractual work.... more »
Michel Platini may have emerged as the favourite to succeed Sepp Blatter as president of scandal-riddled FIFA, but it is his close links to the veteran Swiss that threaten to end his dreams of running world football's governing body.... more »
Embattled FIFA chief Sepp Blatter is suspected of "disloyal payment" to UEFA head Michel Platini, who had hoped to succeed him, the office of Switzerland's attorney general said Friday.... more »
Former Argentina superstar Diego Maradona on Tuesday blasted FIFA president Sepp Blatter and his UEFA counterpart Michel Platini, who is bidding to succeed the Swiss as head of world football, as two of a kind.... more »
UEFA president Michel Platini remained tightlipped on the FIFA presidency campaign in his first public address on Friday since announcing his candidature for the top job in world football.... more »
Out-going FIFA president Sepp Blatter is alleged to be behind the distribution of a negative article criticising his UEFA counterpart Michel Platini, according to German daily Die Welt on Sunday.... more »
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has alleged UEFA counterpart Michel Platini warned him he faced prison if he did not withdraw from the world football governing body's presidential race.... more »
The Asian Football Confederation on Thursday backed Michel Platini to take over FIFA, saying he would help ensure a smooth transition for the world governing body from the scandal-tainted Sepp Blatter era.... more »
UEFA boss Michel Platini announced he would stand for president of world football's governing body FIFA on Wednesday, and immediately ran into a storm of criticism from one of his potential rivals.... more »
Formerly one of the world's greatest players and currently the most important man in European football, Michel Platini is now targeting the top job in the game after confirming he would stand to become FIFA president.... more »
UEFA chief Michel Platini is set to announce in the coming days that he will stand in next year's election to replace Sepp Blatter as president of FIFA.... more »
UEFA chief Michel Platini will decide in the next two weeks whether to run in an election to replace Sepp Blatter as FIFA president, a source close to the UEFA leadership said Monday.... more »
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