FIFA ethics court bans Blatter, Platini for 8 years (Yahoo Sports)

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Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini were each banned for eight years by the FIFA ethics committee on Monday in a stunning removal of world soccer's most powerful leaders. FIFA President Blatter and his one-time protege Platini were kicked out of the sport for conflict of interest and disloyalty to FIFA in a $2 million payment deal that is also the subject of a criminal investigation in Switzerland. In a defiant news conference shortly after the verdict was announced, Blatter said he would challenge his ban at the FIFA appeal committee and then the Court of Arbitration for Sport, insisting he had done nothing wrong.




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