UEFA president Michel Platini, freshly embroiled in the FIFA scandal over a 1.8-million euro payment he received from president Sepp Blatter, called the French sports ministry to insist he had done nothing wrong.
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'Despite frequent high-level interactions there has been little traction on substantive issues between India and France,' says Mohan Guruswamy.
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