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Football: Platini casts shadow over FIFA meeting

Edit The Times of India 10 May 2016
FIFA president Gianni Infantino opened a meeting of the football body's new council in Mexico on Monday, as UEFA chief Michel Platini's resignation following a sport ban cast a shadow over the event. Infantino, who was Platini's number two at the European football organization before taking over FIFA in February, lamented his former mentor's downfall ... Asked whether FIFA would seek to recoup the $2 million, Infantino said....

FIFA President Infantino sad ex-boss Platini remains banned

Edit The Miami Herald 10 May 2016
Gianni Infantino expressed sadness Monday that Michel Platini failed to overturn his ban, despite the new FIFA president gaining soccer's top job after charges of financial wrongdoing knocked his former boss out of the race ... Infantino received the news that the Court of Arbitration for Sport had reduced Platini's ban to four years while in Mexico City preparing for his first congress as FIFA president....

Football: FIFA chief 'very sad' for Platini

Edit The Times of India 10 May 2016
FIFA president Gianni Infantino voiced sadness Monday after his former mentor Michel Platini decided to resign as UEFA chief following a sports tribunal's rejection of his appeal against a football ban. Infantino, speaking to reporters after a FIFA Council meeting in Mexico City, said that, as chief of football's governing body, he must "respect the decision" by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)....

Michel Platini to resign after failing to annul ban

Edit Scotsman 10 May 2016
Platini's current Uefa mandate expires in March 2019, and the next Fifa presidential election is due in May 2019. “This decision is inflicting me a suspension whose length will de facto prevent me – as if by chance – from bidding for the next Fifa presidential election,” Platini said in a statement ... The ruling cited “the absence of any repentance and the impact that this matter has had on Fifa's reputation”....

Vanuatu women’s football on th... (Oceania Football Confederation)

Edit Public Technologies 10 May 2016
FIFA Women's Football Development Officer Nicola Demaine says the programme was designed with the goal of developing coaches who will be able to plan, deliver and evaluate age appropriate training sessions ... Demaine also believes that the FIFA coaching course came at a perfect time to complement the introduction of a new U-17 women's competition by the Vanuatu Football Federation....

Matildas to play New Zealand ahead of Olympics (AFC - Asian Football Confederation)

Edit Public Technologies 10 May 2016
The match will be the official Rio farewell for the Matildas, who are at an all-time high fifth on the FIFA world rankings and aiming for a medal in Brazil ... 'We're delighted that we have been able to lock in a match against New Zealand in the FIFA dates,' said Stajcic in a media release ... Original documenthttp.//www.the-afc.com/womens-tournament-rio-2016/matildas-to-play-new-zealand-ahead-of-olympics....

Matildas to play New Zealand ahead of Rio 2016 (AFC - Asian Football Confederation)

Edit Public Technologies 10 May 2016
The match will be the official Rio farewell for the Matildas, who are at an all-time high fifth on the FIFA world rankings and aiming for a medal in Brazil ... 'We're delighted that we have been able to lock in a match against New Zealand in the FIFA dates,' said Stajcic in a media release ... Original documenthttp.//www.the-afc.com/womens-tournament-rio-2016/matildas-to-play-new-zealand-ahead-of-rio-2016....

Michel Platini: The downfall of man who would have been Fifa king

Edit BBC News 10 May 2016
Consider all this for a moment, how sensational that would be, and it is easy to understand why, among the increasingly crowded ranks of the Fifa rogue's gallery, it is his downfall that saddens the hearts of many football lovers the most ... It seemed a matter of time until Platini would become Fifa president ... Then, last summer, came Fifa's implosion ... But he was never really the man to take Fifa forward....

Zimbabwe's journalist-footballer ready for Rio (FIFA - Fédération Internationale de Football Association)

Edit Public Technologies 10 May 2016
FIFA - Fédération Internationale de Football Association) ... 'Of course it is a tough group, and we will not be the favourites to advance to the next round,' she admitted to FIFA.com recently ... Original documenthttp.//www.fifa.com/womensolympic/news/y=2016/m=5/news=zimbabwe-s-journalist-footballer-ready-for-rio-2790265.html. Public permalinkhttp.//www.publicnow.com/view/DC0D132D6045A31D887CC81BB4F9785A4C38C4AA....

Platini to resign after CAS imposes 4-year ban from soccer

Edit Denver Post 10 May 2016
Platini will discover by May 9 if he has overturned a six-year ban from FIFA over a $2 million payment approved by Sepp Blatter ... Platini's current UEFA mandate expires in March 2019, and the next FIFA presidential election is due in May 2019 ... The court ruled that Platini was guilty of conflict of interest for taking a $2 million payment from FIFA approved by Sepp Blatter in 2011....

Qatar’s AFC U-19 Championship hero Afif seals historic Spain switch (AFC - Asian Football Confederation)

Edit Public Technologies 10 May 2016
'I am very happy to sign for Villarreal, they are a big team and one of the best teams in Spain,' Aspire Academy alumnus Afif said in an interview with the official website of the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup organising committee ... Original documenthttp.//www.the-afc.com/qatar/qatar’s-afc-u-19-championship-hero-afif-seals-historic-spain-switch. Public permalinkhttp.//www.publicnow.com/view/294A542036FF3458DEFEB8AC461F49B7B6740738....

CONCACAF Q&A;: Trevin Caesar (Orange County Blues & T&T;) (CONCACAF - Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football)

Edit Public Technologies 10 May 2016
(Source ... Thumbs Up. Thumbs Down. Goal!. Foul!. Recommend ... Caesar spoke to CONCACAF.com about football and life. Trinidad & Tobago sits atop the Group C table in the fourth round of CONCACAF qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup ... TC ... I play the FIFA video game ... Original documenthttp.//www.concacaf.com/article/concacaf-qa-trevin-caesar-orange-county-blues-tt. Public permalinkhttp.//www.publicnow.com/view/C4E8990AAABA404892C0148849FBC3199D7147B4....

World Soccer Report: EPL title race, Platini resigns, more (Colorado Rapids)

Edit Public Technologies 10 May 2016
A FIFA appeals panel reduced that initial suspension to six years, but both men took their cases to the CAS looking for further reductions ... This will prevent him from running in the next FIFA presidential election, and as such, he has decided to resign his current position ... Original documenthttp.//www.coloradorapids.com/post/2016/05/09/world-soccer-report-premier-league-title-race-uefas-michel-platini-resigns-more....
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