http://www.mail.com/int/people/1147282-gianni-infantino.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/int/people/1147282-gianni-infantino.html http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2107472-platini-wants-european-sports-police-force.html LONDON (AP) — UEFA President Michel Platini has stepped up his call for a European sports police force to tackle betting, corruption, match-fixing, doping and hooliganism. Addressing the UEFA Congress in London on Friday, Platini said that his previous calls have been ignored by governments for six years. "Given the absence of any reaction and the lack of... Fri, 24 May 2013 15:44:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2107472-platini-wants-european-sports-police-force.html 2013-05-24T15:44:57Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2105104-uefa-introduces-minimum-ban-racist-abuse.html LONDON (AP) — The UEFA executive committee on Thursday ratified a 10-match minimum ban for racist abuse by players or officials. The changes were first announced last month by UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino and will now be included in the disciplinary regulations. While UEFA can only enforce the punishments in its competitions, its 53 members wil... Thu, 23 May 2013 14:38:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2105104-uefa-introduces-minimum-ban-racist-abuse.html 2013-05-23T14:38:05Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2010132-malaga-owner-face-action-racism-claim.html MANCHESTER, England (AP) — The Qatari billionaire businessman who owns Spanish football club Malaga could face disciplinary action from UEFA after tweeting that his team's exit from the Champions League was the result of racism. Abdullah Bin Nasser Al-Thani's claims were dismissed by UEFA on Wednesday, moments after the governing body of European football... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:51:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2010132-malaga-owner-face-action-racism-claim.html 2013-04-10T14:51:48Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2010126-ebu-tv-rights-wcup-euro-qualifying.html MANCHESTER, England (AP) — UEFA's marketing partner has sold television rights to qualifying matches for the 2018 World Cup and 2016 European Championship to the European Broadcasting Union. UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino says the deal struck by CAA Eleven covers 30 European countries. The EBU then has to split the games with its member broadcast... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:29:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2010126-ebu-tv-rights-wcup-euro-qualifying.html 2013-04-10T09:29:48Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/1885820-soccer-faces-epic-fight-match-fixing.html ZURICH (AP) — Soccer is falling under a cloud of suspicion as never before, sullied by a multibillion-dollar web of match-fixing that is corrupting increasingly larger parts of the world's most popular sport. Internet betting, emboldened criminal gangs and even the economic downturn have created conditions that make soccer — or football, as the sport is c... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:08:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/1885820-soccer-faces-epic-fight-match-fixing.html 2013-02-12T22:08:27Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1866890-uefa-player-wages-soar-club-losses-hit-record.html LONDON (AP) — European clubs have allowed losses to collectively soar to a record $2.3 billion and failed to control escalating player salaries, despite repeated warnings from UEFA about the grim future football faces unless such spending is curbed. Football is reflecting Europe's economic turmoil, with half of top-division sides seeing their financial si... Mon, 04 Feb 2013 13:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1866890-uefa-player-wages-soar-club-losses-hit-record.html 2013-02-04T13:41:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1845798-uefa-to-choose-13-cities-euro-2020-hosts.html NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Thirteen countries will host the 2020 European Championship, UEFA decided Friday, with each host providing a single stadium for the 24-team tournament. In an effort to encourage smaller countries to join the project, the UEFA executive committee pledged to choose two stadiums holding as few as 30,000 spectators. Other stadiums mus... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1845798-uefa-to-choose-13-cities-euro-2020-hosts.html 2013-01-25T16:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1843502-uefa-calls-12-year-limit-fifa-president.html NYON, Switzerland (AP) — 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 recommends. UEFA's 53 member nations proposed Thursday that football's world governing body should follow the International Olympic Committee. It imposed a 12-year presidential limit in re... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1843502-uefa-calls-12-year-limit-fifa-president.html 2013-01-24T18:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1827034-fight-match-fixing-will-finish.html ROME (AP) — The fight against match-fixing in football "will never finish," Interpol Secretary General Ronald K. Noble said Thursday at a two-day conference on the subject. On Wednesday, FIFA security director Ralf Mutschke said the governing body of football needs more help from national law enforcement agencies worldwide, and it has asked Interpol to pe... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1827034-fight-match-fixing-will-finish.html 2013-01-17T14:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1778680-barcelona-plays-milan-champs-league-16.html NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Real Madrid will face Manchester United in a mouthwatering Champions League last-16 clash that sends Cristiano Ronaldo back to where he made his reputation, and Jose Mourinho to the club many believe he wants to coach one day. United manager Alex Ferguson called it "the tie of the round," and Real Madrid director Emilio Butragueno... Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1778680-barcelona-plays-milan-champs-league-16.html 2012-12-20T15:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1778878-chelsea-plays-sparta-prague-europa-league.html NYON, Switzerland (AP) — 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 Europa League. Zenit St. Petersburg, the 2008 UEFA Cup winner, will face Liverpool, and Tottenham will play Lyon. Defending champion Atletico Madrid, which beat Chelsea in the Super ... Thu, 20 Dec 2012 14:40:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1778878-chelsea-plays-sparta-prague-europa-league.html 2012-12-20T14:40:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1748834-uefa-urges-ban-3rd-party-player-transfer-rights.html LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — UEFA stepped up opposition to investors owning stakes in players' transfer rights on Thursday, warning it would take action if FIFA failed to act. UEFA's executive committee said it would introduce rules covering European club competitions "should FIFA not take the appropriate steps." "Third-party ownership should be prohibite... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 19:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1748834-uefa-urges-ban-3rd-party-player-transfer-rights.html 2012-12-06T19:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1748556-euro-2020-to-held-countries.html LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Around 45 countries were given hope of hosting the 2020 European Championship on Thursday as UEFA pledged the tournament would be played across the continent. The revolution in hosting strategy would create a "Euro for Europe," suggested UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino — and fulfill the wish of its president Michel Pla... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 18:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1748556-euro-2020-to-held-countries.html 2012-12-06T18:06:00Z