French football legend and UEFA President Michel Platini was released from hospital this morning after being rushed there on Friday evening having complained of feeling unwell, FIFA and UEFA announced in a statement.

Diego Maradona launched an extraordinary attack on fellow football greats Pele and Michel Platini as he predicted he could steer Argentina to a third World Cup triumph.

World Cup legend: Over the course of a career that included three World Cups, Michel Platini’s midfield artistry earned him the right to be regarded as the finest French footballer of all time.

Cape Town Stadium has the best pitch of all the 2010 soccer World Cup venues, Fifa general secretary Jerome Valcke said on Wednesday.

When UEFA president Michel Platini hands the Champions League trophy to either Inter Milan or Bayern Munich on Saturday, plenty of people will feel a twinge of disappointment that the shiny, big-handled cup is not going to another, arguably more

Birmingham managing director Karren Brady and co-owner David Sullivan will not face any criminal charges following a two-year investigation by police into football corruption. Brady and Sullivan had been investigated over payments to an agent and two

Fifa secretary general Jerome ValckeFifa official Jerome Valcke gave the Royal Bafokeng stadium a pass mark on Saturday, but slammed the late start of the match between Bafana and Norway. Valcke, general secretary of soccer’s world governing body, was also unhappy about the number of tickets sold for the. . . .

Derek Carstens, the 2010 Local Organising Committee (LOC) marketing officer, is feeling the heat. This week the 2010 LOC came under fire from Fifa general secretary Jerome Valcke, who was “astounded” by the absence of signage around the Confederations Cup. This week. . . .

Derek Carstens, the 2010 Local Organising Committee (LOC) marketing officer, is feeling the heat. This week the 2010 LOC came under fire from Fifa general secretary Jerome Valcke, who was “astounded” by the absence of signage around the Confederations Cup. This. . . .

Fifa general secretary Jerome ValckeSouth Africans need to wake up if they are to be in on the 2010 World Cup action. This was the message from the local organising committee and Fifa yesterday, after they had learnt that overseas soccer fans had bought more than 80 percent of the World Cup tickets sold so. . . .