Overview

• Switzerland’s attorney general confirmed it will not appeal the March verdicts acquitting Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini.
• Prosecutors said accepting the appeal-court decisions "closes another chapter" in football-related proceedings after a 10-year case and two trials.
• The case focused on a FIFA payment of more than $2 million authorized in 2011 during Blatter’s presidency for consultancy work claimed by Platini.
• The payment became public in 2015 during U.S. and Swiss investigations into soccer governance, triggering separate disciplinary fallout for both men.
• Their departures paved the way for 2016 elections that installed Gianni Infantino as FIFA president and Aleksander Ceferin as UEFA president.