FIFA President Sepp Blatter and European football boss Michel Platini were both banned from football for eight years on Monday for ethics violations, leaving the global game leaderless as it fights a swirl of corruption cases. The pair, who were also fined, had been suspended in October while an investigation was carried out into a 2 million Swiss franc (£1.3 million) payment that football's global governing body made to Platini in 2011, with Blatter's approval. The decision means that Blatter's 17 years at the helm of world football will end in disgrace, and spells ...