Ghana: I am innocent – Blatter

 Former FIFA presi­dent, Sepp Blatter, said he was innocent when he appeared in a Swiss court on Monday alongside France soccer great, Michel Platini, 2-1/2 years after they were both cleared of fraud.

Blatter and Platini were acquitted in 2022 at a lower Swiss court following a seven-year investigation into a payment of 2 million Swiss francs ($2.22 million) to Platini.

The Swiss federal prosecutor has appealed against that decision, leading to a new hearing at the…