FIFA's Ethics Committee requests sanctions against Blatter, Platini

FIFA president Sepp Blatter and vice president Michel Platini should be sanctioned by the world governing body of football, according to FIFA's ethics committee panel.

"The investigatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee has submitted its final reports containing requests for sanctions against Joseph Blatter and Michel Platini to the adjudicatory chamber chaired by Hans-Joachim Eckert," the committee said in a statement.

The two embattled executives have been the subject of a FIFA investigation in recent weeks involving allegations of corruption. They are currently serving 90-day suspensions handed out by FIFA.

While sanctions have been requested, specific charges have not been clarified by the Ethics Committee panel.

"For reasons linked to privacy rights and the presumption of innocence until proven guilty, the chamber will not publish details of the concluded reports and the requested sanctions against the two officials," the statement reads.

Full hearings are expected to be held before Christmas.