FIFA seeking life ban for Platini, say his lawyers


  • Football
  • Wednesday, 25 Nov 2015

UEFA President Michel Platini is seen before the draw for the 2015/2016 UEFA Europa League soccer competition at Monaco's Grimaldi Forum in Monte Carlo, Monaco August 28, 2015. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

PARIS (Reuters) - Former French football great Michel Platini, until recently seen as the man to lead football's governing body FIFA out of its worst ever graft crisis, could face a life ban from the sport if recommendations from FIFA ethics investigators are followed.

FIFA's ethics committee has completed an inquiry into accusations of corruption against Platini, who as a player led French football out of the doldrums in the 1980s before becoming one of the sport's most powerful officials, and FIFA president Sepp Blatter

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