The attorney general's office in Switzerland had challenged a first

The attorney general's office in Switzerland had challenged a first acquittal in July 2022 and asked for sentences of 20 months, suspended for two years.

Blatter, 89, and Platini, 69, once among of the most powerful figures in football, have consistently denied wrongdoing.

They were cleared of fraud at the Extraordinary Appeals Chamber of the Swiss Criminal Court in the town of Muttenz, near Basel.

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