Much like the global spotlight that has long been fixed on the rivalry between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, Platini had his own era of comparisons—this time with the late Diego Maradona.

The trial for the death of Diego Armando Maradona began on Tuesday after two suspensions and more than four years since his ...

Serie A was once the strongest league in world football. During its golden era, from the 1980s to the early 2000s, it ...

Italy legend Andrea Pirlo discusses his childhood idols in an exclusive interview with Football Italia and explains why he ...

Blatter and French soccer great Michel Platini were acquitted in July 2022 by three federal judges on charges including fraud, forgery, misappropriation of funds and mismanagement. They related to ...

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and France soccer great Michel Platini are due to appear in court in Switzerland on Monday accused of fraud – two-and-a-half years after they were cleared.

Blatter arrived 10 minutes after his co-defendant Michel Platini, the former UEFA president and FIFA vice president. Blatter and Platini are facing a second trial nearly three years after they ...

“But I also really admired other No.10s like Diego Maradona, Michel Platini, and Roberto Mancini, that whole generation.” Pirlo rose in the Brescia Academy and played for Serie A giants ...