Monthly Archives: July 2016

Dancing Russian Footballers faces Disciplinary Action

The Russian Footballers who were enjoying themselves in a disco not long after their team’s humiliating elimination from Euro Cup has had to face disciplinary action as neither of them will now be able to play top tier Russian Football in the coming season.

Apart from that, they have been fined too.

The reason why the Footballers have specifically come under fire is that they’re understood to have spent money crazily on the wine in the disco. However, they deny that and say that neither did they spend money nor did they have the idea that the wines would flow in that proportion at the place they were going. It was something which happened spontaneously. However, they admit they must be apologetic for getting themselves in any such situation.

One of the Footballers Kokorin was quoted saying, “While I clarify it was not me who ordered or paid for the wine, I accept I must say sorry to the country. It was unfortunate I was present at the spot because if I wasn’t, the scandal would not have resulted at all.”
“We didn’t deserve a celebration after our Euro show and we had no intention of having any kind of celebration either. Whatever happened was just spontaneous.”
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RUSSIA SPORTS MINISTER BACKS MICHEL PLATINI

Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko says Uefa chief Michel Platini does not deserve such a long suspension from football-related activities as he is being given.


On Monday, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) upheld the suspension of the UEFA president. The Russian minister released a statement after the judgement which CAS reduced from the initial six years to four and the penalty from 80,000 to 60,000 Swiss francs.

Mutko said on Monday:

“This is a complex situation and it is difficult to comment on the judicial body’s decision,” he started with.

“Platini is an outstanding person and a serious organiser. He has done much for UEFA.

“The causes of his suspension do not deserve such a decision on him. I can only regret about that,” Mutko said.

Platini and former FIFA president Sepp Blatter were both suspended for the period of 90 days from their posts as part of the investigation into corruption allegations against them in October last year. Among a number of corruption allegations, Blatter is suspected of a disloyal payment of 2 million Swiss francs to Platini in February 2011. Continue reading