FIFA ethics body wants Platini banned for life

The FIFA ethics committee has requested a lifetime ban for Michel Platini, the Frenchman's lawyer said on Tuesday - a move that would rule the suspended UEFA president out of the race to succeed Sepp Blatter as head of world soccer's governing body.

Thibaut d'Ales said the maximum sanction was requested when the ethics committee investigations unit submitted its final case report.

Blatter could also face expulsion from world soccer over a $2 million payment of FIFA money he approved to Platini in 2011.