"I will not present myself for the presidency of FIFA," said the UEFA chief in an interview with L'Equipe to be published in full on Friday.
Platini, along with departing FIFA president Sepp Blatter, was banned from all football-related activity for eight years by FIFA's ethics committee on
December 21 over a two million Swiss franc payment he had received from the
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"I am withdrawing my candidature. I no longer have the time nor the means to go and see the voters, to meet people, and to fight against the other
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A clear favorite to succeed Blatter for the sport's most powerful job before the allegations emerged, Platini was initially suspended for 90 days before the
eight-year ban was imposed.
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from campaigning?"
Platini had explained that the 2 million Swiss francs were paid to him by FIFA with Blatter's approval for his work done as special consultant during
1999-2002, but FIFA's ethics committee said the payment, made at a time when
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"Yet when Blatter announced his retirement, I received 150 declarations of support -- 100 official letters from federations and 50 promises. All this in
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HOHHOT, China, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Hohhot Zhongyou defeated Shanghai Shenxin 2-1 thanks to Brazilian Dorielton's penalty here on Saturday in the 17th round
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Daniel Chima scored the first goal of the match with a header in the seventh minute and handed Shenxin a 1-0 lead against Zhongyou.
However, the lead was broken six minutes later when Andre Senghor scored with an accurate header after he got Nenad Milijas' free kick.
In the injury time of the second half, Shenxin's Zhao Zuojun tripped Zhongyou's striker Senghor in the box and awared Zhongyou a penalty.
Dorielton fired a wonderful shot and sealed Zhongyou's 2-1 victory over Shenxin.
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BERLIN, April 9 (Xinhua) -- Bayern Munich came from behind to eliminate Manchester United with a 3-1 triumph at the second leg of Champions League
quarterfinals on Wednesday.
Bayern dominated the first half but failed to overcome Manchester' s well-positioned defence. After the break the visitors piled on the pressure to
shock the Bavarians before Pep Guardiola?s men struck back with three goals
within seventeen minutes.
The point of departure was clear for both teams; Manchester United needed a win or a higher draw than 1-1 whereas Bayern needed just a goalless draw or a
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Bayern took the reins from the kickoff whilst the visitors defended deep and lurked for counters. However, Bayern combined their way to the box but failed to
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or were blocked by keeper David de Gea.
Manchester showed no intention to threat Bayern's defence in the first half but after the restart the visitors caught the defending champions on the hop
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scoreboards. Nevertheless, the Bavarians were not done with the scoring since
Arjen Robben also got his name on the score sheets when he scored into the
bottom right following a solo run at the 76th minute.
Bayern's third goal took the wind out of Manchester's sails and killed the game to ensure the Champions League semi finals for the titleholders.
"Today it was very difficult for us but after Evra's terrific goal we dashed off to turn things around. I am very proud of what the team has reached. We are
the champions in Germany and now we wrapped up the semis in the Champions
League," Bayern coach Pep Guardiola said.
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