Michel Platini's ban reduced to four by CAS

The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Monday reduced UEFA president Michel Platini six-year ban from football to four years but platini will not resume his role as UEFA president.

Platini confirmed he plans to resign as a result of the decision but issued a statement to the media announcing that he will continue his battle to clear his name.
In a statement, he said: "I take note of today's decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport but I see it as a great injustice.
"This decision imposes on me a suspension the duration of which will de facto prevent me, and as if by chance, from standing in the next FIFA presidential election.
"As agreed with the national associations, I resign from my role as president of UEFA in order to be able to continue my fight before the Swiss courts to prove my integrity in this case.
"Life has always kept some nice surprises for me: I'm from now on available to live them."

Platini and FIFA president Sepp Blatter received eight-year bans from all football-related activity by FIFA's ethics committee in December. The sanctions were reduced to six years by a FIFA appeals panel in February, but both men immediately took their cases to the CAS.
Due to platini's continued role as EUFA president, his case moved more quickly than Blatter's, and the CAS in a statement on Monday said Platini's suspension had been reduced and his fine reduced from 80,000 Swiss francs (CHF) to 60,000 Swiss francs.
The cases centre on a payment of 2 million Swiss francs, worth $2 million U.S. or £1.25 million at the time, made by Blatter's FIFA to Platini in 2011 for consultancy services provided from 1998 to 2002.
The timing of the payment coincided with Platini's confirming he would not oppose Blatter's re-election as FIFA president, but both men insisted that was not a factor.
In December, FIFA's ethics panel imposed the bans and said both had breached responsibilities of loyalty and had performed an "abusive execution" of their roles.
Despite the CAS' ruling to shorten the ban, Platini, who was elected unopposed for a third four-year UEFA term in 2015, needed it to be completely overturned.