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FIFA president Sepp Blatter tours Soccer City on 16 September 2008. Picture: Taurai Maduna/Eyewitness News

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Blatter: Platini payment was 'gentleman's agreement'

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Sepp Blatter struck a 'gentleman's agreement' with Michel Platini to pay him a million Swiss francs a year as an adviser, the former world football chief told...

  • Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter. Picture: AFP

    Blatter and Platini charged by Swiss court over payment: Attorney General

    Hospitalised at the beginning of the year, 85-year-old Sepp Blatter is expected to be allowed to spend a limited amount of time in court.

    285 days ago
  • FILE: FIFA President Joseph Sepp Blatter attends the Ordinary UEFA Congress in Vienna, Austria on 24 March, 2015. Picture: AFP.

    Ex-FIFA boss Blatter says 'not afraid' of going to trial: media

    Sepp Blatter was forced to stand down as FIFA president in 2015 and was banned by FIFA for eight years, later reduced to six, over ethics breaches for authorising what prosecutors termed a 'disloyal payment'.

    358 days ago
  • FILE: Former Fifa boss Sepp Blatter. Picture: AFP.

    Former Fifa boss Blatter says money risks ruining the sport

    Fifa’s Ethics Committee banned Sepp Blatter from ‘all football activities’ in 2015 after finding him guilty of unethical conduct.

    1192 days ago
  • FILE: Former Fifa boss Sepp Blatter. Picture: AFP.

    Report: Sepp Blatter plans to sue Fifa & Infantino for damaging his reputation

    The 83-year-old former president was suspended from Fifa in 2015 amid a gigantic corruption scandal that rocked world football to its core.

    1194 days ago
  • Uefa secretary general Gianni Infantino. Picture: AFP.

    Infantino interfered in changes to FIFA ethics code - report

    Der Spiegel said leaked emails showed Infantino, who replaced Blatter, was behind changes to the ethics code.

    1381 days ago
  • FILE: Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter. Picture: Facebook.com.

    Former Fifa chief Blatter attends Moscow match, says: 'It's my World Cup'

    Sepp Blatter, who led Fifa for 17 years, is serving a six-year ban from “all football activities” for unethical conduct after Fifa was rocked by a global corruption scandal in 2015.

    1516 days ago
  • FILE: Michel Platini. Picture: AFP

    Platini says cleared by Swiss authorities, plans return

    The Frenchman was banned from all soccer-related activities over a two million Swiss francs ($2.02 million) payment Fifa made to him in 2011.

    1542 days ago
  • FILE: Sepp Blatter. Picture: Facebook.com.

    Blatter appeals for World Cup without VAR

    Sepp Blatter’s comment on Twitter followed a series of confusing incidents involving the Video Assistant Referee system which is being trialled in Italy’s Serie A.

    1628 days ago
  • FILE: Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter (R) walks behind Chuck Blazer on 1 June 2011. Picture: AFP

    Blatter says Morocco would be logical choice for 2026 World Cup

    Morocco is bidding for the fifth time to host the World Cup, having also tried for the 1994, 1998, 2006 and 2010 tournaments.

    1634 days ago
  • FILE: Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter. Picture: AFP.

    Sepp Blatter considering legal action against Fifa

    The 81-year-old Swiss was handed a six-year ban for ethics violations, imposed amid the biggest corruption scandal to shake world soccer’s governing body in 2015.

    1655 days ago
  • FILE: Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter. Picture: AFP.

    Hope Solo accuses Sepp Blatter of sexual assault

    The US soccer star accused ex-Fifa President Blatter of grabbing her buttocks during an awards ceremony five years ago.

    1736 days ago
  • Timeline of scandals and corruption investigations at the global football governing body Fifa. Picture: AFP

    The Fifa scandal timeline

    Timeline of scandals and corruption investigations at the global football governing body Fifa.

    1764 days ago
  • FILE: Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter (R) walks behind Chuck Blazer on 1 June 2011. Picture: AFP

    Fifa whistleblower Chuck Blazer dies

    A statement by Blazer's two lawyers did not provide details or the circumstances of his death.

    1859 days ago
  • FILE: Former Fifa President Sepp Blatter. Picture: AFP.

    Blatter plans to visit soccer World Cup in Russia

    Sepp Blatter is currently serving a six-year ban from all soccer-related duties after a corruption scandal at the Zurich-based body.

    1870 days ago
  • Former Fifa President Sepp Blatter. Picture: AFP.

    Blatter did not speak to US investigators, lawyer says

    Sepp Blatter was banned for six years by Fifa’s own ethics committee at the height of a scandal engulfing world soccer’s governing body in 2015.

    1930 days ago
  • FILE: Disgraced former Fifa president Sepp Blatter. Picture: AFP.

    Fallen Fifa boss Blatter: I’m not a suspect in US corruption case

    Sepp Blatter has said he had met lawyers from the US Justice Department but was not a suspect in their corruption investigations.

    1941 days ago
  • FILE: Former Argentine football player Diego Maradona in 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Maradona given Fifa ambassadorial role

    The ex-Boca Juniors, Napoli and Barcelona forward, 56, was a harsh critic of disgraced former Fifa president Sepp Blatter.

    2012 days ago
  • Former Fifa President Sepp Blatter. Picture: AFP.

    Disrespectful Infantino won’t answer my calls – Blatter

    Blatter, 80, lost his Court of Arbitration (CAS) appeal on Monday against a six-year ban for ethics violations.

    2075 days ago
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