Off the wire
• 1st LD: "Refugees" named word of year 2015 in German language  • FLASH: A POWERFUL BLAST HEARD IN DOWNTOWN KABUL  • Results of 2015-16 FIS Ski Race China Giant Slalom  • Chinese premier confident in meeting 2015 growth target  • (Sports Focus) China's skiing fever calls for standardized training system  • A man shot dead in police operation in London  • Manchester to be epicenter as Britons decide fate in Europe  • Platini's temporary ban from duties remains in place: CAS  • Hopes high for tougher IPR protection in China  • Xi stresses "precision" poverty relief  
You are here: 　 Home

Platini loses appeal as CAS upholds suspension

Xinhua, December 11, 2015 Adjust font size:

Suspended UEFA president Michel Platini lost his appeal against a provisional 90-day suspension when the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) upheld the ruling by FIFA on Friday.

   The ruling, which came after a hearing in Lausanne on Tuesday, means that Platini cannot attend Euro 2016 draw in Paris on Saturday. 

   The CAS Panel also emphasized that, even if the ban were lifted at this time, such measure would not give any guarantee to Platini that the FIFA ad hoc electoral committee would validate his candidature for the FIFA presidential election before Jan. 5, 2016.

   Platini has been questioned on accepting two million Swiss francs (about 2 million U.S. dollars) from FIFA in 2011 for the work did a decade earlier.

   Platini and Blatter face possible life bans before the FIFA Ethics Committee at the governing body's headquarters in Zurich next week.  Endi