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Lazio fans target Platini with offensive banner
Lazio supporters have targeted UEFA President Michel Platini with an offensive banner after the team was ordered to play its next two European home ...
FIFA open to Qatar 2022 World Cup moving to winter
FIFA conceded for the first time Saturday that the 2022 World Cup in Qatar could be moved to winter if medical evidence showed that playing in the ...
Platini: Champions League 'destroyed' competitions
UEFA President Michel Platini says the Champions League has "killed off, destroyed" other European competitions. Platini tells German daily Bild that ...
Barcelona appeals FIFA ruling on playing 15yo
Barcelona is appealing a FIFA directive not to select a French youngster to play in one of its youth teams. According to Barcelona, FIFA sent a ...
Zenit resist Liverpool fightback in Europa League
Zenit St. Petersburg resisted a Liverpool fightback inspired by Luis Suarez to reach the Europa League last 16 on the away-goals rule after a 3-3 ...
Serbia says expulsion from 2015 U21 Euros avoided
Serbia has survived the threat of expulsion from the 2015 European Under-21 Championship by UEFA over racist abuse directed by fans at England players
FIFA to propose tougher sanctions for racist abuse
FIFA aims to approve tougher sanctions for racist abuse at football matches when its 209 member nations meet in May. FIFA President Sepp Blatter led ...
Anti-corruption advisers challenge FIFA to change
FIFA's anti-corruption advisers urged President Sepp Blatter's executive committee on Friday to "demonstrate leadership" and not undermine efforts to ...
UEFA: Player wages soar as club losses hit record
European clubs have allowed losses to collectively soar to a record $2.3 billion and failed to control escalating player salaries, despite repeated ...
Rummenigge: Football in cold, snow 'not logical'
A scheduling change away from winter football could be coming to Europe, according to Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge. Rummenigge, who ...
Platini defends voting for Qatar World Cup bid
FIFA vice president Michel Platini has defended his decision to vote for Qatar as 2022 World Cup host after a magazine in his native France on Tuesday ...
UEFA to choose 13 cities as Euro 2020 hosts
Thirteen countries will host the 2020 European Championship, UEFA decided Friday, with each host providing a single stadium for the 24-team tournament
Pro-Palestinian group protests at UEFA offices
A pro-Palestinian people's activist group occupied UEFA's headquarters and met with its president Michel Platini on Friday to protest Israel's hosting ...
UEFA calls for 12-year limit for FIFA president
European football leaders want to let the next FIFA president have 12 years in office — four years more than FIFA's top anti-corruption adviser ...
Blatter raises fresh doubts about summer 2022 WCup
FIFA President Sepp Blatter raised fresh doubts about the safety of playing the 2022 World Cup in Qatar in summertime, saying supporters could ...
Messi wins record 4th world's best player award
Lionel Messi won the FIFA Ballon d'Or award on Monday as an expected reward for his astonishing 91-goal year for Barcelona and Argentina in 2012.
Messi aims for historic 4th world player award
Lionel Messi can break another footballing record on Monday by being named the world's best player for an unprecedented fourth time. The Barcelona and ...
UEFA to appeal for tougher sanctions on Serbia
UEFA has responded to widespread outrage against the racism sanctions imposed on Serbia for the abuse directed at England players during an under-21s ...
Chelsea plays Sparta Prague in Europa League
Chelsea's reward for failing to defend the Champions League title was being drawn on Thursday to play Sparta Prague in the last 32 of the second-tier ...
UEFA set to appeal for tougher sanctions on Serbia
UEFA is likely to seek tougher sanctions against Serbia by appealing the verdict of its own independent panel after England players were racially ...
Platini pledges to help fans in Euro 2020 plans
UEFA President Michel Platini promises to make fans a priority when deciding how to stage the 2020 European Championship in several countries across ...
UEFA urges ban on 3rd-party player transfer rights
UEFA stepped up opposition to investors owning stakes in players' transfer rights on Thursday, warning it would take action if FIFA failed to act.
Euro 2020 to be held in several countries
Around 45 countries were given hope of hosting the 2020 European Championship on Thursday as UEFA pledged the tournament would be played across the ...
UEFA members back multi-host Euro 2020 plan
Football leaders from across Europe have told UEFA they want the 2020 European Championship to be organized in up to 13 host countries.