Football's Fallen Kingpins on Trial as Qatar World Cup Looms

Sepp Blatter, former president of FIFA, center, Lorenz Erni, his lawyer, left, and Corinne Blatter, his daughter, leave after attending a trial hearing at the Swiss Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona, Switzerland, on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. Blatter and his former heir apparent Michel Platini are set to appear in a Swiss court on Wednesday accused of corruption in a case that revives past scandals ahead of this years controversial World Cup in Qatar. Photographer: Francesca Volpi/Bloomberg via Getty Images