he has been fined $50,000 and mr platini has been fined about 75 or $80,000. oth were in a situation of conflict of interest. blatter and platini were found to be in a situation of offering and accepting gifts. that's a direct quote from the verdict that was handed down by the ethics committee. they were also in violation of the fiduciary duty to f.i.f.a., just to get you across what that means, it is a fancy legal term basically saying we can co defy the relationship between trustee and any beneficiary when the beneficiary is defined by the trustee. the trustee here being the man, mr blatter, the beneficiary being mr platini. we looked at the explanation as to what happened and when, so they tracked the time line. they said they were not convinced, the ethics committee, and adding the evidence was not sufficient to secure charges of corruption. there had been a lot of speculation in the run-up to the events of the last couple of hours saying if they thought they couldn't get a did you know deal on charges of corruption, they weren't going to go for that. both

mr. platini president of uefa for eight years. >> the ethics committee already decided he was guilty and seeking a long ban. blatter's demise was relatively slow. he hung on over half of his executive committee being exposeas corrupt. after fbi sweep in may, he finally resigned. he wanted a handover on his own term and even old allies decided otherwise. if platini is going to have any chance of running for the fifa presidency he needs to clear his name before january 26th. that will involve going through both the fifa appeals committee and the arbitration committee of the sport. one is a footballing legend, the other is fifa's great political survivor. both brought down by the biggest ever football scandal. >> earlier, taliban claimed responsibility for an attack that killed six u.s. soldiers. three more soldiers were injured in the attack, near bagram air base. the largest u.s. military facility in afghanistan. suicide bomber on a motor bike targeted a joint u.s. afghan foot parole outside the base. >>> the taliban has been staging an offensive that has seen it take control of an area i

mr. platini and mr. blatter, this is not a lifetime ban. this is the only good news for the two gentlemen. they've been suspended since october while the ethics investigation was carried out into a 2 million swiss payment that was made to platini back in 2011 with blatter's approval. this is what all this investigation is about. but once again, mr. blatter this morning has been incredibly defiant. he did say sorry a number of times. he didn't apologize for any wrongdoing. sorry for how fifa's employees are being treated. he said he's still an optomist and they're widely expected to appeal the decision. >> he sounds angry. >> yeah. >> sounds angry and a bit defiant. he sounds irritated, just the actual tone of the press conference. remember, this is a very, very wide ranging investigation that's been going on for a long time now. something like 27 current or former soccer officials, including eight former fifa executive committee members and the current heads of the north and south american federations are all being investigated over allegat

for eight years and mr platini vice president and president of uafa for eight years from all footballies. plato refused to attend the hearing. his lawyer suggested that the investigation had decided he was guilty and was seeking a long ban. f.i.f.a. president for 17 years he clung on despite over half of his executive committee being exposed as corrupt. days after an f.b.i. swoop in may he finally resigned. he wanted to hand over on his own terms. the u.s. and swiss attorney-generals and his allies decided otherwise. if he has any chance to run for the f.i.f.a. presidency, he needs to clear his name on january 26. that will involve going through both the f.i.f.a. appeals committee and the court of arbitration for sport before me can begin that process, he needs a full written statement of the decision from the ethics committee, a process that in itself could take weeks. one is a footballing ledger and f.i.f.a.'s survivor, brought down by the football's biggest ever scandal >>> a sports attorney and managing partner. good to have you back on the program. blatter says he will fight for

. >> translation: mr platini is innocent. we have been showing this point by point thanks to testimonies and convincing elements and opinions from law professorers. >> reporter: kuwait has hosted some of the biggest names in world football in defiance of the f.i.f.a. ban for government interference. the new stadium has an all stars match between world and local 11. former madrid team mates combined for the world team. several players were banned by f.i.f.a. from taking part in this game which was one by the kuwait all stars. the former england captain did have a few things to say about the sacking of marinio. >> i loved him. i think he is an incredible manager, greatly person, and he is passionate about the game. i hope he comes back to the premiership quickly. the english public love him. the fans love seeing him on the sideline. they love his character. >> reporter: the toronto roptors had a denial of a fourth straight win. in basketball, a score here. they were attempting to secure their first four game winning streaks in

. >> reporter: at the euro 2016 where it is a goodnight for paris and mr platini has to his out on his own party. >>> welcome back. with christmas and the new year holidays just around the corner, many people looking forward to some smooth sailing and sun. it is peak time in australia for cruise ships. >> reporter: every day during summer a monster nudges its way through sydney city center. in fact, most days there are more than one. the smaller cruise ships fit under the harbour bridge and berth just to its west. the giants get the prime spot right opposite the opera house, but overall smas in sydney is running out. the terminal can hold three ships at a time but there's more demand for more berths. >> there is discussion around infrastructure here in sydney. >> reporter: the reason for the squeeze is the industry's growing popularity. more people want to get on board. to describe a ship like this as a floating hotel is to underplay its size. the vessels that are coming in and out here are huge and they're getting bigger all the time. cruising among australians has never been more pop

mr. michel platini vice president and member of the executive committee of fifa and president of uefa for eight years from all football-related activities. >> platini refused to attend the ethics committee hearing. his lawyers suggested that the investigation already decided he was guilty and was seeking a long ban. blatter president for several years, days after an fbi sweep in may he finally resigned. he wanted a hand over on his own terms, the u.n. and swiss attorney general and even his old allies decided otherwise. if platini has any chance of running for the fifa presidency, he needs to clear his name before the deadline on january 26th. now that will involve going through both the fifa appeals committee and the court of arbitration for sport before he can begin that process he needs a full written statement of the decision from the ethics committee a process that in itself could take weeks. one is a footballing legend. the other fifa's great political survivor both grout there by football's biggest-ever scandal. >> there are reports of two explosions in the afghan capital of kabul.

platini supposedly carried out work for blatter with no contract and in 2011, the ethics committee set up by blatter delivered the ban. >> the adjudicatory committee last can banned mr. sepp blatter for eight years and michel platini, vice president of fifa and president of uefa from all football activities. >> be blatter refused to even attend the hearing, the committee already decided he was guilty and seeking a long ban. he clung on despite half of his executive committee being exposed as corrupt. after may investigation he finally resigned. he wanted his own allies decided oarotherwise. he needs oclear his name before the deadline on january the 26th. now that will involve going through both the fifa appeals committee and the court of arbitration for export before he can begin that process he needs a full written statement of the decision from the ethics committee, a process that in itself could take weeks. one is a footballing legend. the other fifa's great political survivor, both brought down by a scandal. en. >>> rockets were brought down in afghanistan's capital kabul. three more soldiers were injured in the attack near bagram air base. that's the largest u

mr. blatter, president of fifa for eight years. >> platini refused to attend the hearing. >> fifa president for 18 years, the committee exposing him as corrupt. in may, he final by resigned. he wanted to hand over on his own terms the u.s. and swiss attorney generals and even his old allies decided otherwise. if platini is to have any chance of running for the fifa presidency, he needs to clear his name before the deadline on january 26. that will involve going through bolt the fifa appeals committee and the course of arbitration for sport. before he can begin the process, he needs a full written statement of the decision from the ethics committee, a process that in itself could take eight weeks. >> one is a football legend, the other fifa's great political survivor, both brought down by football's biggest ever scandal. paul recent, al jazeera, zurich. >>> the leader of spain said his party will not allow the people's party to govern. spain is interesting political uncertainty after no clear winner emerged from sunday's election. we have this report. >> it's the strangest victory celebratio

mr. hans joakim ekert, against blatter and president of uefa platini from all football-related activities. >> blatter refused to even attend the ethics committee hearing. the committee his attorney assisted had already decide he was guilty. he hung over half of his executive committee being exposed as corrupt. days after an fbi sweep in may he finally resigned. he wanted a handover on his own terms. the u.s. and swiss attorney generals but even his own people decided otherwise. if he has any chance to run for the fifa presidency, platini needs to clear his name before january 16th. that involves going through the court of arbitration for sport, before he begins that process he needs a full written statement of the decision from the ethics committee a process that in itself could take weeks. one is a footballing legend. the other fifa's great political survivor. both brought down by football's biggest ever football schedule. paul reese, al jazeera, zurich. >> martin lipkin head of sport at the sun, based here in london. thank you so much for joining us on al jazeera. you said blatter has b

platini for eight years on charges of corruption. we are expecting a news conference any minute now. will mr blatter go and go quietly. in other news the taliban gained control of a key district in