VOA慢速英语：欧足联主席普拉蒂尼辞职

欧足联主席普拉蒂尼辞职

Michel Platini has resigned as the president of UEFA, the Union of European Football Associations.

欧足联(UEFA)主席米歇尔·普拉蒂尼辞职。

Platini announced his resignation on Monday after the Court of Arbitration for Sport failed to cancel his ban from the sport. However, the court did reduce the length of the ban, from six years to four.

国际体育仲裁法庭驳回普拉蒂尼的上诉后，他于周一宣布辞职。仲裁法庭公布了普拉蒂尼的上诉结果，但只是把禁足令从6年减到了4年而已。

Platini was accused of taking $2 million from FIFA, the international governing body of football. In the United States, the sport is called soccer.

普拉蒂尼被指控收到来自国际足联(FIFA)的200万瑞士法郎。(美国将该运动称作soccer而非football)

The court found he received suspect payment for working as an adviser to Sepp Blatter, who was then FIFA’s president. Blatter resigned his position in 2015 while the organization was being investigated for corruption.

法庭发现普拉蒂尼作为塞普·布拉特的顾问收取费用。塞普·布拉特当时是国际足联主席。布拉特在国际足联在2015年接受腐败调查时辞职。

The court said the payment was not linked to any kind of business agreement and was not part of Platini’s wages. It noted that he received the payment eight years after his work at FIFA ended.

法庭表示该笔钱与任何商业条款都没有联系，也不是普拉蒂尼的工资。这笔钱是在普拉蒂尼不在国际足联工作8年之后才收到的。

In a statement, Platini said the court’s “decision is inflicting (on) me a suspension whose length will de facto prevent me -- as if by chance -- from bidding for the next FIFA presidential election.”

普拉蒂尼在一段话中表示“法庭的判决实际上是阻止我竞选下一届国际足联总统”。

He called the decision a “profound injustice.” He said he will consider asking a court in Switzerland to find him innocent.

他说这次判决非常不公平。他表示他会考虑上诉到瑞士联邦最高法院，还自己一个清白。

Platini has led UEFA since 2007. His term as president was set to end in March 2019. The next election for FIFA president is to take place in May 2019.

自2007年起，普拉蒂尼就成为欧足联总统。他的总统任期截止至2019年3月。下届欧足联总统选举会在2019年5月举行。