The appeal trial of former football officials Joseph Blatter and Michel Platini over suspicion of fraud will take place in March 2025, Platini’s lawyer Dominic Nellen told dpa on Tuesday. According to his statement, the hearing at an extraordinary court of appeal is scheduled for March 3-25 in Muttenz near Basel. Blatter, 88, former president of the world governing body FIFA, and Platini 69, former head of the European football ruling body UEFA, were acquitted of fraud charges in 2022. The prosecution accused Blatter of unlawfully awarding Platini a payment of 2 million francs ($2.3 million). …