Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini banned from football for eight years by Fifa

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Sepp Blatter (L) and Michel Platini are banned for eight years after a FIFA court finds them guilty

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini were each banned for eight years by FIFA's ethics committee on Monday in a stunning takedown of world football's most powerful leaders.

FIFA president Blatter and Platini, his onetime protégé, were kicked out of the sport for conflict of interest in a 2 million Swiss franc (£1.35 million) payment deal that is also the subject of a criminal investigation in Switzerland. The bans are effective immediately.

Blatter's FIFA career looks set to end in disgrace after more than 17 years as president and 40 years in total with the governing body.
Platini's bid to succeed his former mentor in the Feb. 26 election is now likely over, although he is expected to appeal at the FIFA appeals committee and the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

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