FIFA reduces Blatter, Platini bans to six years

A FIFA appeal committee on Wednesday reduced bans against Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini to six years but maintained they were still guilty of ethics breaches. The appeal result was announced as UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino and Asian football leader Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al Khalifa stepped up their rivalry to take over as head of football's scandal-tainted world body in a vote on Friday. The bans against Blatter, FIFA president for 17 years, and UEFA president Platini were reduce