BANNED UEFA president Michel Platini could face further investigation from FIFA’s Ethics Committee after attending an awards ceremony and conference in Dubai despite being barred from “all soccer activity.”

    Platini, the head of European soccer body UEFA, was handed an eight-year ban from the game by FIFA’s Ethics Committee on Dec. 21, along with banned FIFA president Sepp Blatter. He is appealing the decision and insists he has done no wrong.

    The ban relates to a payment made by Blatter’s FIFA to Platini in 2011, nine years after he finished working as a consultant to Blatter.

    On Dec. 27, Platini attended the Globe Soccer Awards organized by the Dubai Sports Council in Dubai, along with soccer stars such as Argentine Lionel Messi and Italian Andrea Pirlo.

    Frenchman Platini was photographed at the event and also made comments regarding his ban to the Italian media while in Dubai.

    Platini has said he will fight the ban through the appeals process. (SD-Agencies)