Football
FIFA sues Blatter, Platini for $2m over ‘illicit’ payment
7 years ago(FILES) This file photo taken on May 2, 2009 shows then UEFA President Michel Platini looking on during an inauguration ceremony of the 'Technical and Training Center of the Hungarian Football Federation' in Telki, some 30 kms north-west from Hungarian capital. - FIFA is to take legal action by the end of the year to force Michel Platini to return 2 million Swiss francs ($2 million) he received "illegally" during Sepp Blatter's reign at world football's governing body, according to a document seen on December 11, 2019. (Photo by Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP)
International soccer governing the body, FIFA said yesterday it will seek more than $2 million in reimbursement from its former president