Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter and Uefa chief Michel Platini have been banned from football for eight years.
The pair have been punished for the £1.35m Blatter gave to Platini in February 2011.
FIFA's ethics committee said: "Mr Blatter, in his position as President of FIFA, authorised the pay
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