Monday, September 12, 2016

Platini allowed to address UEFA Congress as 'gesture of humanity' (Reuters)

Former UEFA President Michel Platini leaves the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after being heard in the arbitration procedure involving him and the FIFA in Lausanne, Switzerland, August 25, 2016. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy

By Brian Homewood ATHENS (Reuters) - UEFA's disgraced former president Michel Platini will be allowed to address its Congress on Wednesday as a "gesture of humanity" despite his ban from the sport, FIFA's ethics committee said on Monday. The Frenchman has been banned for four years from all soccer-related activity for ethics violations and his replacement to head the sport's European governing body will be elected at the event in Athens. The ethics committee of soccer's governing body said an exception had been made for Wednesday's event following a request from UEFA.


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