Blatter, Platini acquitted by Swiss court in FIFA fraud trial
4 years ago(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on August 30, 2020 shows a file photo taken on November 22, 2019 of French football legend Michel Platini attending an event to receive a "Legendes du Sport" (Sports Legends) award at the Musee National du Sport (National Sports Museum) in the French riviera city of Nice; and a file photo taken on May 28, 2019 of former FIFA president Sepp Blatter speaking during an interview with AFP in Zurich. On August 31, 2020, Michel Platini, then Sepp Blatter on September 1, 2020: the two former bosses of the world and European football will be heard in Bern, Switzerland, by the federal prosecutor as part of the procedure which was opened in 2015 on the controversial payment of millions of Swiss francs. VALERY HACHE, Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP
Former FIFA president Joseph Blatter and former UEFA president Michel Platini were on Friday acquitted by the Swiss Federal Criminal Court in a FIFA fraud trial. The two ex-football officials had…