Blatter and Platini given eight-year bans - video

Suspended FIFA President Sepp Blatter arrives for a news conference in Zurich, Switzerland, Monday, Dec. 21, 2015 after he has been banned for 8 years from all football related activities. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

An ethics tribunal of scandal-plagued Fifa on Monday banned Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini for eight years saying they had abused their positions over a US$2 million (Dh7.34m) payment made to Platini.