UEFA president Michel Platini has lost his appeal to overturn his
90-day suspension from FIFA after it was upheld by the Court of
Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Friday.
It means the Frenchman will not be present for the Euro 2016 draw which is to be held in Paris on Saturday.
Platini was handed a 90-day suspension by the FIFA Ethics Committee,
along with FIFA president Sepp Blatter, after he received a 'disloyal
payment' of £1.35 million from the Swiss for work he carried out for
FIFA nine years prior.
After having an initial appeal rejected by the FIFA Appeal Committee,
Platini took his appeal to the CAS, who have decided that the
provisional ban should remain in place ahead of a final ruling next
week.
However the CAS has instructed FIFA not to extend the ban beyond the
90 days. The Ethics Committee could have extended the ban for a further
45 days under the rules, but the CAS believe this would have been unfair
on Platini.
A statement released by the CAS panel said: “The CAS Panel considered
that the situation would change if Fifa were to extend the provisional
suspension for any period up to 45 days, on the basis of ‘exceptional
circumstances’ as permitted by Art. 85 of the Fifa Code of Ethics.
"The Panel found that such an extension would constitute an undue and
unjustified restriction of Michel Platini’s right of access to justice,
cause irreparable harm to him and also tip the balance of interest test
in his favour. As a consequence, the CAS Panel ordered Fifa not to
extend the current provisional suspension imposed on Michel Platini.”
This latest outcome once again puts Michel Platini's hopes of
standing for the FIFA presidential election in February into more
doubt.
The Ethics Committee will meet in Zurich next week, with a final
verdict on the case expected to be announced from 19 December onwards.
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