Michel Platini has confirmed a £1.3m (€1.75m) payment from Fifa came more than nine years after he worked for the organisation but did not provide the reasons for the lengthy delay.

Swiss prosecutors yesterday opened criminal proceedings against Fifa president Sepp Blatter and questioned Uefa president Michel Platini on another momentous day at football’s world governing body.

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Fifa president Sepp Blatter has insisted the investigation into 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding will not be reopened despite the world governing body lodging a criminal complaint with the Swiss attorney general over "suspected unlawful activity" of unnamed individuals connected with the bidding contests.

FIFA has lodged a criminal complaint with the Swiss attorney general over “possible misconduct” by individuals in connection with the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

FIFA’s hopes of settling the uncertainty over the World Cup hosts were dealt a serious blow after chief ethics investigator Michael Garcia challenged the decision to clear Qatar and Russia to host the 2022 and 2018 tournaments.

The decision to clear Qatar and Russia to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups has been thrown into chaos after FIFA’s chief ethics investigator Michael Garcia announced he will appeal against the ruling on his investigation into bidding for the tournaments.

Qatar have been cleared to host the 2022 World Cup after FIFA’s ethics committee’s investigation into bidding but there is severe embarrassment for England over their bid for the 2018 tournament.

Qatar are expected to escape any censure that would threaten the Middle Eastern state hosting the 2022 tournament.

The organisers of Qatar’s bid to host the 2022 World Cup have denied allegations that a senior Qatari soccer official made payments in order to win support for the bid.

Qatar 2022 chiefs have claimed their right to a fair hearing by FIFA’s ethics investigator is being undermined.

Franz Beckenbauer has called off his planned trip to Brazil after being provisionally banned by FIFA while an investigation takes place into his refusal to co-operate with a probe into World Cup bidding.

Franz Beckenbauer has become the highest-profile casualty of Fifa’s probe into World Cup bidding after the German was provisionally banned for 90 days while he is investigated for refusing to cooperate.

England’s football chiefs rounded on FIFA president Sepp Blatter yesterday telling him he must stand down next year and that his claim racism was behind World Cup corruption allegations was "offensive and totally unacceptable".

England’s football chiefs rounded on FIFA president Sepp Blatter on Tuesday and told him that his claim that racism was behind corruption allegations was “totally unacceptable”.

Qatar World Cup bosses insist there is no prospect of a re-vote despite mounting pressure on FIFA to strip the nation of hosting rights for the 2022 tournament.

Sony has become the first World Cup sponsor to call for a probe into accusations that bribes were paid to secure the 2022 tournament for Qatar, raising the stakes for football chiefs, who have threatened to move the cup if the allegations are proved to be true.

One of the World Cup’s main sponsors has urged FIFA to properly investigate allegations of corruption being involved in Qatar’s successful bid to host the 2022 tournament.

Uefa president Michel Platini claims attempts are being made to tarnish his image over his support for Qatar’s 2022 World Cup bid.

UEFA president Michel Platini claims attempts are being made to tarnish his image over his support for Qatar 2022’s World Cup bid.

Fifa president Sepp Blatter is facing calls to step down amid allegations that corrupt payments were made to help Qatar win the competition to host the 2022 World Cup.

Calls have been made for the contest to host the 2022 World Cup to be re-run if allegations about corruption in the bidding process are true.

The Qatar 2022 World Cup bid committee has denied all allegations of wrong-doing after allegations of widespread corruption during the bidding process.

FIFA vice-president Jim Boyce would be in favour of re-running the vote for the 2022 World Cup if allegations that widespread corruption was involved in the Qatar bid were proven.

Former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner has dismissed the latest allegations against him as “foolishness” and insists there is a witch hunt against Qatar.

A member of FIFA’s executive committee has been provisionally banned for 90 days in order to “prevent interference” with a disciplinary case after being charged with breaches of ethics.

FIFA has imposed another life ban on former presidential challenger Mohamed Bin Hammam.

Mohamed Bin Hammam, the man who tried to challenge Sepp Blatter for the FIFA presidency, will not face new charges that he bribed Caribbean officials during his campaign, it can be revealed.

FIFA have extended their provisional ban on Mohamed Bin Hammam by another 45 days, the Qatari’s lawyers have revealed.

Mohamed Bin Hammam has claimed to FIFA’s new chief investigator that Sepp Blatter appears to be untouchable.

Mohamed Bin Hammam has returned to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to challenge his latest provisional suspension by FIFA.

An aide to Mohamed Bin Hammam, the former FIFA presidential candidate, has been suspended by FIFA’s ethics committee for allegedly failing to co-operate with an ongoing investigation.

Mohamed bin Hammam has vowed to clear his name after FIFA’s ethics committee opened investigation proceedings against him.

FIFA’s ethics committee have opened investigation proceedings against Mohamed bin Hammam.

FIFA's new ethics investigator has not ruled out looking at the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bids as part of his probe into corruption allegations.

Mohamed Bin Hammam has had his lifetime FIFA ban annulled by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

The chief prosecutor in Trinidad has declared that further investigations may be needed into how around $1m was brought into the country and paid to Caribbean football officials last year.

Mohamed Bin Hammam today makes his final bid to overturn his lifetime FIFA ban for bribery.

A report by FIFA’s anti-corruption adviser today criticised past investigations by the governing body, but stopped short of calling for probes into the 2018 and 2022 World Cup to be reopened.

Sepp Blatter's unopposed re-election as FIFA president last year should be the subject of an internal investigation into whether he unfairly exploited his position, according to a Council of Europe assembly committee.

Nigeria’s former FIFA member Amos Adamu has lost his appeal against a three-year ban over World Cup bid bribes.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter said he’s apologised enough for his recent comments on racism and considers the matter “closed.”

Ten more officials from the Caribbean have been charged in the wake of the FIFA bribery scandal, it was announced today.

One of the FIFA members appointed to head the world body’s clean-up drive has admitted questions still remain over the awarding of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar.