布拉特和普拉蒂尼8年不得參與足球運動大綱

The ethics committee of football's ((soccer)) governing body FIFA has banned embattled President Sepp Blatter and his one-time protege from the Sport for eight years.

The committee took the action against Blatter and Michel Platini, the head of the Union of European Football Association ((UEFA)) on Monday over a $2 million payment Blatter made to Platini in 2011. Swiss prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into the payment.

The ban will likely derail Platini's bid to succeed Blatter when elections are held in February. Both men, who have denied any wrongdoing, are expected to appeal to the FIFA appeals committee and the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Blatter and Platini had both been provisionally banned since October because of the controversial payment.

FIFA has been embroiled in scandal after 14 FIFA officials were arrested in Zurich in May and charged in the United States with nearly 50 counts of corruption, including racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering. Swiss officials have also opened a separate criminal investigation involving FIFA's selection of Russia and Qatar to host the World Cup tournaments in 2018 and 2022 respectively.國際足聯道德委員會禁止四面楚歌的足聯主席布拉特和他一度大力提攜的普拉蒂尼8年內涉足足球運動。

該委員會星期一就布拉特在2011年向歐洲足協主席普拉蒂尼支付200萬美元的問題宣佈了上述禁令。瑞士的檢察官已經就此展開刑事調查。

這一禁令很可能使普拉蒂尼在明年2月國際足聯選舉新主席時接替布拉特職務的努力偏離軌道。布拉特和普拉蒂尼都否認有任何違法行爲，預計將向國際足聯上訴委員會和體育仲裁法庭提出上訴。

由於這筆引發爭議的付款，布拉特和普拉蒂尼自今年10月開始被暫時停職。

國際足聯14名官員今年5月在蘇黎世被逮捕，美國對他們提出將近50項罪名的正式指控，包括詐騙，電信詐騙和洗錢。國際足聯因此陷入醜聞。瑞士官員另外展開刑事調查，調查事項涉及國際足聯挑選俄羅斯和卡塔爾主辦2018年和2022年的世界盃賽。