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Antonio Conte’s single purpose with his brutal Spurs pre-season

In today’s Fiver: Pre-season exertions, Sepp Blatter and William Wordsworth

The Guardian - UK

‘You will hear from us’: Sepp Blatter fires warning to football world after acquittal

Blatter and Platini escaped criminal charges over a £1.7m payment

The Independent UK

Blatter and Platini acquitted on charges of defrauding FIFA

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini have been acquitted on charges of defrauding FIFA by a Swiss criminal court

The Hindu

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Former world football bigwigs cleared of fraud

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, once the chiefs of world and European football, were cleared on Friday over a suspected fraudulent payment that shook the sport and ended their time at the top.

Bangkok Post

Michel Platini: Quest for truth continues after being cleared over fraud charges

A payment of two million Swiss francs was at the centre of the case.

The Independent UK

Blatter and Platini acquitted in trial that rocked international football

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, once the chiefs of world and European football, were on Friday acquitted following a two-week trial in June over a suspected fraudulent payment that rocked the sport and brought a premature end to their time at the top.

Radio France Internationale

Swiss court clears Blatter, Platini of fraud in FIFA trial

Switzerland’s Federal Criminal Court acquits ex-world and European football chiefs over a suspected fraudulent payment.

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Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini acquitted on fraud charges

SEPP BLATTER and Michel Platini, formerly two of the most powerful men in world football, have been acquitted on fraud charges in the Swiss federal…

The National (Scotland)

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini cleared of fraud

The pair had previously been two of the most important leaders in football.

The Independent UK

Blatter and Platini acquitted on charges of defrauding FIFA

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini have been acquitted on charges of defrauding FIFA by a Swiss criminal court

The Independent UK

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini acquitted in FIFA corruption trial by Swiss court over £1.6m payment

Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter and former UEFA president Michel Platini were both acquitted of corruption charges by a Swiss court today.

Evening Standard

Ex-FIFA and UEFA bosses Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini NOT GUILTY of corruption

The former FIFA and UEFA heads were both cleared of corruption charges, centred on a £1.6m payment made in 2011, after a two-week trial was held in Switzerland

Daily Mirror

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

The Guardian - UK

Four players who tried to leave Man Utd and what happened next amid Cristiano Ronaldo drama

Cristiano Ronaldo has left Manchester United baffled having submitted a request to leave the club but he is not the first to attempt to force his way out of Old Trafford over recent seasons

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Radio France Internationale

Swiss prosecutors want 20-month conditional jail terms for Blatter and Platini

Prosecutors have urged federal criminal court judges in Switzerland to hand down 20-month conditional prison sentences on Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini for fraud.

The Independent UK

Blatter, Platini face 20-month suspended jail sentences

Prosecutors in the fraud trial of former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and vice president Michel Platini have asked for both men to get 20-month suspended prison sentences

The Guardian - UK

Everton’s change of heart regarding betting companies

In today’s Fiver: Who says romance is dead? Plus turnstiles and crypto

Radio France Internationale

Platini was worth every centime, former Fifa boss Blatter tells Swiss fraud trial

Sepp Blatter, who for nearly two decades ruled as the most powerful administrator in world football, insisted on Thursday that Michel Platini, one of his most illustrious advisors, justified his massive fees.

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Platini Was Worth a Million, Blatter Tells Court

Michel Platini "was worth his million" Swiss francs a year, former FIFA president Sepp Blatter insisted Thursday, telling a Swiss court he could not understand why the pair were answering fraud charges. The former world football chief and French football legend Platini are being tried at Switzerland's Federal Criminal Court…

The Independent UK

Sepp Blatter unable to testify at opening day of Fifa fraud trial due to chest pains

Blatter and Michel Platini are in a Swiss criminal court for their 11-day trial on charges of defrauding Fifa

Reuters

Ex-soccer chief Blatter too ill to testify at his fraud trial

The trial of former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and French footballing legend Michel Platini over alleged corrupt payments ground to a halt on Wednesday when Blatter said he was too ill to testify.

The Guardian - UK

Jack Grealish freed from the shackles of tactical diktats

In today’s Fiver: England, Wales, fantasy football and much more

Evening Standard

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini in court as corruption trial starts in Switzerland

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and ex-UEFA president Michel Platini arrived in court in Switzerland this morning to face corruption charges.

The Hindu

Trial of Blatter, Platini over corrupt FIFA payments begins

Swiss prosecutors accuse former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and former UEFA president Michel Platini of unlawfully arranging a payment of $2 million in 2011

The Independent UK

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini in attendance as Fifa fraud trial begins

Blatter and Platini are in a Swiss criminal court for their 11-day trial on charges of defrauding Fifa

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