Platini case 'not completely over'

In this file picture taken on June 11, 2014 Fifa president Joseph Blatter talks to Uefa chief Michel Platini during the 64th Fifa congress in Sao Paulo, Brazil. PHOTO | FABRICE COFFRINI | AFP

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  • Platini could still be required to appear before a judge if new evidence is found in the case that led to him being banned from football for eight years, later reduced to four, a spokesman for Switzerland's public prosecutor's office told AFP.

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The investigation into a 1.8-million-euro ($2 million, Sh200 million) payment to former Uefa president Michel Platini "is not completely over", Swiss prosecutors said on Saturday, after his lawyer said he had been cleared.

Platini could still be required to appear before a judge if new evidence is found in the case that led to him being banned from football for eight years, later reduced to four, a spokesman for Switzerland's public prosecutor's office told AFP.