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The questioning of former FIFA president Joseph Blatter at the federal criminal court on Wednesday in Switzerland has been delayed to Thursday due to his ill health.
“I am not well. I have a complaint that comes back, then I can’t breathe properly either,” Blatter told the court. “I don’t see myself able to answer.”
According to Blatter’s lawyer Lorenz Erni, his client has chest pains and breathing difficulties.
The trial against Blatter and former UEFA president Michel Platini started on Wednesday in Switzerland’s Bellinzona.
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The pair are charged with defrauding global football governing body FIFA in connection with a payment of two million Swiss francs (2.07 million dollars) Platini received, among other offences.
They had claimed the payment was for work done as a FIFA advisor between 1998 and 2002.
The 86-year-old Blatter arrived at court with his daughter Corinne and sat in the front row at court alongside Erni.
(NAN)
