Blatter and Platini to appear before FIFA ethics committee on December 16-18

Blatter, Platini to face FIFA ethics committee December 16-18
Suspended FIFA President, Sepp
Blatter and his UEFA President, Michel Platini who were provisionally suspended
by the FIFA ethichs in October for 90 days on allegations of corruption will
appear before the committee on December 16-18.
“Mr Platini and Mr Blatter will
have the chance to present their positions during hearings scheduled between
December 16-18,”
A spokesman told AFP.
Asides the duo, has charged 14 ex-FIFA officials and
sports marketing executives have also been charged by the United States justice
department with more than $150 million of bribery and corruption for several
years.

48 luxury watches confiscated from FIFA officials to be donated to charity.

A total of 48 luxury watches confiscated from top FIFA officials after the Brazil World Cup will be donated to a charity in Brazil. Valued at $25,000 each, The Brazilian Soccer Federation revealed that a Parmigiani Fleurier SA watch was contained in each of the 65 gift bags distributed to representatives of each of the 32 competing nations and someone from each of member country of the regional governing body during the 2014 tournament.
This is one of the several plans outlined to rid the governing body of its culture of corruption. 
FIFA ethics committee have thus “decided that all watches returned to FIFA would now be donated to the international non-profit organization streetfootballworld, who will directly invest all resources generated through the sale of the watches into initiatives across Brazil that use football to drive social change,” the panel said in an e-mailed statement. “The investigatory chamber of the Ethics Committee considers the matter to be closed.”
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