VOA慢速英語(yǔ)：歐足聯(lián)主席普拉蒂尼辭職

歐足聯(lián)主席普拉蒂尼辭職

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

歐足聯(lián)(UEFA)主席米歇爾·普拉蒂尼辭職。

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.

國(guó)際體育仲裁法庭駁回普拉蒂尼的上訴后，他于周一宣布辭職。仲裁法庭公布了普拉蒂尼的上訴結(jié)果，但只是把禁足令從6年減到了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來(lái)自國(guó)際足聯(lián)(FIFA)的200萬(wàn)瑞士法郎。(美國(guó)將該運(yùn)動(dòng)稱(chēng)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.

法庭發(fā)現(xiàn)普拉蒂尼作為塞普·布拉特的顧問(wèn)收取費(fèi)用。塞普·布拉特當(dāng)時(shí)是國(guó)際足聯(lián)主席。布拉特在國(guó)際足聯(lián)在2015年接受腐敗調(diào)查時(shí)辭職。

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.

法庭表示該筆錢(qián)與任何商業(yè)條款都沒(méi)有聯(lián)系，也不是普拉蒂尼的工資。這筆錢(qián)是在普拉蒂尼不在國(guó)際足聯(lián)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.”

普拉蒂尼在一段話(huà)中表示“法庭的判決實(shí)際上是阻止我競(jìng)選下一屆國(guó)際足聯(lián)總統(tǒng)”。

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

他說(shuō)這次判決非常不公平。他表示他會(huì)考慮上訴到瑞士聯(lián)邦最高法院，還自己一個(gè)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，普拉蒂尼就成為歐足聯(lián)總統(tǒng)。他的總統(tǒng)任期截止至2019年3月。下屆歐足聯(lián)總統(tǒng)選舉會(huì)在2019年5月舉行。