| Blatter, Platini lose 90-day ban appeals |
Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini have lost their appeals against their 90-day bans for financial wrongdoing.
The provisional bans prevent Blatter working as FIFA president and stop UEFA chief Platini campaigning for the FIFA election on February 26.
Their appeals were rejected on Wednesday by FIFA's appeals committee.
The two can file further appeals to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
The bans were imposed last month by FIFA's ethics committee pending full investigations into a $US2 million ($A2.8 million) payment Blatter approved for Platini in 2011 as backdated salary.
Blatter and Platini are expected to appear in December before FIFA ethics judge Joachim Eckert.
Switzerland's attorney general has also opened criminal proceedings against Blatter and questioned Platini for suspected criminal mismanagement of FIFA money.
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