Former Fifa officials Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini have been charged with fraud and other offences in Switzerland. Swiss prosecutors say Mr Blatter unlawfully arranged a transfer of two million Swiss francs ($2.19m; £1.6m) to Mr Platini in 2011. Prosecutors say the payment “damaged Fifa’s assets and unlawfully enriched Platini”. Mr Blatter and Mr Platini now face trial at a court in Bellinzona. The case was opened in September 2015 and led to both men being banned from football. The affair ended Mr Blatter’s 17-year spell in charge of Fifa and then-Uefa president Mr Platini’s campaign to succeed his former mentor. Both Mr Blatter, 85, and Mr Platini, 66, have previously denied any wrongdoing.(BBC)…[+]