Fifa president Sepp Blatter and UEFA boss Michel Platini have been suspended
for eight years from all football-related activities following an ethics investigation.
They were found guilty of breaches surrounding a £1.3m ($2m) "disloyal
payment" made to Platini in 2011.
The Fifa ethics committee found Blatter and Platini had demonstrated an "abusive execution" of their positions.
"I will fight for me and for Fifa," Blatter, 79, said at a news conference. Platini said the decision was a "masquerade" intended to "dirty" his name. Both men continue to deny wrongdoing and intend to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas).
Swiss Blatter and 60-year-old Frenchman Platini have also been fined £33,700
($50,000) and £54,000 ($80,000)respectively. Despite the ban, both Blatter and Platini will be allowed to attend matches - including Euro 2016 in France - if they buy tickets in a private capacity. Fifa boss since 1998, Blatter had already announced he was quitting with a presidential election in February.
Platini was tipped as a future leader of football's world governing body and is a
three-time European Footballer of the Year.
He is also a former captain of France and has been in charge of Uefa - European
football's governing body - since 2007.
-BBC
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