Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Platini can attend Euro 2016 matches, FIFA tells UEFA (Reuters)

UEFA Acting President Angel Maria Villar Llona of Spain leaves the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) where hecited as a witness in an appeal of UEFA President Michel Platini against FIFA's ethics committee's ban, in Lausanne, Switzerland April 29, 2016. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/Files

PARIS (Reuters) - Banned UEFA president Michel Platini will be allowed to attend matches at the European soccer Championship providing he does not do it in any official role, the European governing body's acting general secretary said on Wednesday. "We received a letter today (from FIFA) telling us Michel could attend matches as a person, providing he does not do so in any official function", Theodore Theodoridis told a pre-tournament news conference. The executive committee of UEFA will now rule on a demand by the European body to invite Platini for the entire tournament, he added. ...


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