Michel Platini

Michel Platini (not the French UEFA president, but the Brazilian striker) recently moved from CSKA Sofia to Dinamo Bucharest -- a transfer unusual in the sense that just the week before he made the switch, Platini sparked a brawl between the two sides and ...  

The Cypriot champions are now so strong they might have qualified to face Lyon without the Uefa president's rule changesThe Cypriot village of Mosfiloti houses a shrine to Michel Platini. Part restaurant and part museum, the House of Platini is owned by Philippos Stavrou whose collection of 10,000 photographs and 700 posters of the former France and Juventus playmaker turned Uefa president elevates hero worship to a whole new level. Stavrou's...  

The new president of the Football Association of the Czech Republic (FAČR), Miroslav Pelta, has visited the House of European Football in Nyon today. Mr Pelta, who was elected FAČR president in November, held talks with the UEFA President Michel Platini ...  

UEFA President Michel Platini gives a wide-ranging interview to the German publication Der Spiegel on a number of topics. On the FC Sion affair, in which UEFA has decided to deliberately ignore a court order reinstating Sion in the Europa League, Platini is asked, "How is it that you can simply ignore a court's ruling?" He replies: "The prosecutor will pose that question to me on October 19 (see and ). I can't talk about it now." He also...  

The Malta FA’s unflinching commitment to upgrade facilities of local clubs received a boost yesterday with the announcement that UEFA president Michel Platini will be making a short visit to Malta on March 31. Confirmation of Platini’s visit couldn’t ...  

MFA president Norman Darmanin Demajo announced this morning that UEFA president Michel Platini will be visiting Malta on March 31. Darmanin Demajo was speaking during an activity during which the MFA, Parliamentary Secretary for Sport Clyde Puli, and Finance Minister Tonio Fenech announced an investment of €9 million to improve the facilities for the period 2010-2014. The investment will incorporate assistance for investment by clubs and...  

Michel Platini has spoken extensively about his reputation in England, but suggested his work is for the long-term benefit of English clubs as his Financial Fair Play regulations are set to be implemented across Europe. Platini, the current ...  

Michel Platini will be a good president for FIFA, incumbent Sepp Blatter said on Tuesday. FIFA President Sepp Blatter (C) gestures as UEFA President Michel Platini (R) looks on during a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to mark the ...  

Fenerbahce president Aziz Yildirim has sent Michel Platini a letter, urging the Uefa president to ensure that justice prevails in his upcoming court case. The 59-year-old is due in court next month to face accusations of match-fixing, and Yildirim has hit ...  

It is not his support for Financial Fair Play, which will curb the excesses of the Premier League’s biggest spenders, nor his distaste for foreign owners and players flooding England’s clubs. And it is not his controversial support for Qatar’s 2022 ...  

Sepp Blatter has claimed Michel Platini is "ready" to succeed him as the head of Fifa – and that the Frenchman will make a good president of the game's world governing body. Platini, the Uefa president, has so far refused to confirm whether he will stand ...  

Former Fifa vice-president Lennart Johansson has called for the current president Sepp Blatter to step down and for UEFA chief Michel Platini to take over the running of football’s governing body. "It cannot be that only one man should be dictating and ...  

UEFA president Michel Platini claims that plans to expand the European Championship came about to develop countries such as the home nations. While England have been regulars in the major international tournaments, the other home nations have ...  

UEFA-Präsident Michel Platini hat seine Forderung erneuert, die WM 2022 wegen der großen Sommerhitze in Katar im Winter auszutragen. In einem ... weiterlesenMehr zum ThemaDFB: Niersbach übernimmt im MärzNemec verlässt KaiserslauternPartie in Regensburg abgesagtArena kritisiert KlinsmannHelmes-Wechsel droht zu scheitern  

European football chief Michel Platini has renewed his calls for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to be moved to the winter months. UEFA supremo Platini, widely tipped as the heir apparent to FIFA president Sepp Blatter, said he plans to push for the ...