Platini appeals against Fifa ban

Paris: Uefa chief Michel Platini has appealed against a 90-day suspension imposed on him by world governing body Fifa as part of an ongoing corruption investigation, a close associate said on Saturday. Lawyers for Platini, who is also a vice-president of FIFA, lodged the appeal at the organisation’s Zurich headquarters, the associate said. The Frenchman has already denied any wrongdoing in accepting a $2 million (Dh7.34 million) payment from FIFA in 2011 for consulting work he undertook years earlier and called the ban “farcical.” Platini’s action comes a day after FIFA chief Sepp Blatter also lanched an appeal against a similar 90-day ban from all football-related activities imposed on him.