Platini's temporary ban from duties remains in place: CAS

The Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS) announced Friday that the 90-day suspension imposed on Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) head Michel Platini by FIFA's Ethic Committee will not be lifted.

The CAS panel said maintaining the ban which was placed two months ago in light of allegations of corruption including a suspicious payment between Platini and his FIFA counterpart Sepp Blatter did not cause irreparable harm to Platini.

Despite the decision, CAS did order FIFA not to extend the current suspension by any period up to 45 days, as this would "constitute an undue and unjustified restriction of Platini's right of access to justice, cause irreparable harm to him and also tip the balance of interest test in his favor."

Effective since Oct. 7 and expiring on Jan. 5 next year, the suspension prohibits Platini from taking part in any kind of football-related activities on both a national and international level.

The 60-year-old had launched an appeal to CAS last month in a bid to counter the decision taken by the Adjudicatory Chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee to impose the three month provisional ban.

Both Platini and Blatter, who was also issued a temporary suspension in light of suspicious activities, are to face FIFA's Ethic Committee shortly, with the latter indicating that its final decision will be taken on or before Jan. 5, 2016. Endit