Uefa to delay presidential election until Michel Platini appeal

Uefa will not hold a presidential election until Michel Platini's appeal against his eight-year ban from all football activity is complete.

The Uefa president, 60, was suspended by Fifa's ethics committee in December along with its president Sepp Blatter.

Platini has appealed to Fifa's appeals committee and is set to go to the Court of Arbitration for Sport if that fails.

The Frenchman has already withdrawn as a candidate for the Fifa presidential election on 26 February.

A statement from European governing body Uefa said: "The Uefa executive committee decided there will be no Uefa presidential election scheduled until the sports justice appeal bodies, including potentially the Court of Arbitration for Sport, have taken a decision regarding Michel Platini's suspension.

"The Uefa executive committee and Uefa's national associations would like to state that we have taken note of the decision of the Fifa ethics committee to suspend the Uefa president, Michel Platini.

"We hope his name is cleared and that he can return to the European football family as quickly as possible."