Blatter, Platini Banned From Soccer for 8 Years

Deposed FIFA President Sepp Blatter said Monday "I'll be back," shortly after the ethics committee of football's (soccer's) governing body banned him and Michel Platini, the head of the Union of European Football Association (UEFA) from the sport for eight years.  "You can identify me as an optimist." The committee took the action against Blatter and Platini over a $2 million payment Blatter made to Platini in 2011. Swiss prosecutors have opened a...

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