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An ethics tribunal of scandal-plagued FIFA banned Sepp Blatter and football legend Michel Platini for 8 years from all football activity saying they had abused their positions over a 2 million Swiss francs payment made to Platini. The sentence against the two most powerful men in football highlighted the troubles faced by the world’s most popular sport. A statement by the court said both showed “abusive execution” of their powers. FIFA was investigating a two million Swiss francs payment authorized by Blatter to Platini in 2011 for work as a consultant carried out between 1999 and 2002. The FIFA court dropped corruption charges against both men, but said both were guilty of a conflict of interest.
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