Tuesday cover: Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini banned from Fifa for eight years

Fifa president Sepp Blatter and Uefa chief Michel Platini adorn The National Sport front page on Tuesday, December 22 after football’s two most powerful figures were banned from Fifa for eight years.

The Fifa court ruled that both men abused their positions over a 2 million Swiss franc (Dh7.4m) payment Blatter authorised to Platini in 2011, reportedly for work done a decade earlier.

Despite the rulings, both men have vowed to fight back and clear their names, with Blatter describing the court's decision as a "betrayal" and Platini calling it "pathetic".

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