Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini cleared in corruption case

Hearing came after appeal against their acquittal in 2022

Ex-Fifa president Sepp Blatter, center, and Michel Platini were both cleared of corruption charges by a Swiss court on Tuesday, two and a half years after they were first acquitted of the offences.Pic: Urs Flueeler/Keystone via AP

Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter and ex-Uefa chief Michel Platini have been cleared of fraud charges by a second Swiss court relating to a 2011 payment.

Swiss prosecutors had contested the pair's acquittal in July 2022 but on Tuesday an appeals court backed the original decision of the federal criminal court.