FIFA President Sepp Blatter & Michel Platini Banned From All Football Activities For 8 Years

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini have been banned from all football activities for eight years and fined by the FIFA adjudicatory ethics chamber.

Sepp Blatter (left) and Michel Platini (right)

The decision, revealed in Zurich today, brings a definitive end to Blatter and Platini's control of the sport with both unable to run for FIFA presidency on February 26.

The investigative arm had recommended lifetime bans after the undocumented consultancy fee of £1.35million outgoing FIFA president Blatter paid UEFA president Platini nine years after the work was done.