Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini were acquitted again after Swiss prosecutors appealed a previous ruling that also cleared them of corruption charges.

Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter and former UEFA chief Michel Platini were both acquitted of corruption charges by a Swiss court on Tuesday.

The charges had related to fraud, forgery, mismanagement and misappropriation of 2 million Swiss francs (now €2.1 million; $2.26 million) of FIFA money in 2011.

The two had previously been acquitteed by a lower court in 2022, but Swiss prosecutors appealed that decision.

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