FIFA COURT OPENS CASE AGAINST BLATTER AND PLATINI

The judgement arm of FIFA’s ethics committee on Monday opened a case against the body’s suspended president Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, with a verdict in the corruption allegations surrounding both men due next month.

“The adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee … has today opened formal adjudicatory proceedings against Joseph S. Blatter and Michel Platini based on the final reports submitted by the investigatory chamber,” a statement said, adding that the “chamber intends to come to a decision in both cases during the month of December.”