Blatter,
Platini lose appeals against provisional FIFA bans
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[November 18, 2015]
ZURICH (Reuters) - Suspended FIFA
president Sepp Blatter and European soccer chief Michel Platini have
lost their appeals against provisional 90-days bans by the global soccer
body's ethics committee, FIFA said on Wednesday.
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Blatter and Platini, who was favorite to replace the Swiss in the
Feb. 26 presidential election, were suspended in October, engulfed
by a deepening corruption scandal as the sport faces criminal
investigations in Switzerland and the United States.
The decision is a further blow to Frenchman Platini's hopes of
standing because FIFA's electoral committee has said his
registration will not be processed while he is suspended.
He is not allowed to campaign or engage in any football-related
activities until his 90-day suspension is lifted.
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The only hope for Platini, who was banned with Blatter on Oct. 8
pending a full ethics committee investigation into their conduct, is
to take his case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
If he won that appeal, the electoral committee has said it would
review his case but, even then, there is still no guarantee that he
would be able to stand in the election.
Buffeted by a series of scandals over the last few years, FIFA was
thrown into turmoil in May by the U.S. indictments of 14 football
officials, including two FIFA vice-presidents, and sports marketing
executives for alleged corruption.
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Blatter also faces criminal investigation in Switzerland over a 2
million Swiss franc ($2.1 million) payment from FIFA to Platini.
Both men have denied wrongdoing.
(Reporting by Michael Shields; writing by Brian Homewood in Berne)
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