Posts Tagged ‘ UEFA ’

• Spending in Europe decreased to €1.32bn this summer• Michel Platini believes less expenditure is a good signUefa's president, Michel Platini, believes the decline in transfer fees across Europe's five biggest leagues this summer is a source of ...
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Join us for live coverage of this evening's Euro 2012 qualifiers. We'll have instant updates on all the games, followed by results and reports, and of course we welcome your comments.
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European Club Association chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge had some harsh words for FIFA ahead of today’s Euro qualifying games. “It is no longer acceptable that we have to give up our players, taking the risk that, in case of injury, we still have to play their salaries,” Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, president of the European Clubs’ Association...
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Eleven football hooligans sent to prison for causing havoc after the 2008 Uefa cup finalEleven football hooligans who ran riot at the Uefa cup final causing the worst destruction in Manchester "since the blitz" were today jailed for their part in the v...
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It’s been nice, football sans vuvuzelae, hasn’t it? For most of us, anyway, and this surely goes double if you’re the sound engineer for a broadcasting company which pumps out football. (Nightmares of ambient noise and so forth.) UEFA feels similarly and has done away with the devil seed for UEFA-sanctioned competition. A large battle...
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Euro 2012 qualifying gets underway in a few days, and – if you haven’t noticed already – the scheduling may come as something of a surprise. In a break from tradition, games will no longer follow the familiar Saturday afternoon/Wednesday evening pattern, but will instead be played on Friday and Tuesday evenings. The Tuesday...
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• Governing body says horns are 'not appropriate in Europe'• Vuvuzelas became the soundtrack to South Africa 2010Uefa has banned fans from taking vuvuzelas into stadiums for European Championship, Europa League and Champions League matches.The Euro...
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We don't normally peek into Finland, but Inter Turku midfielder Daniel Antunez bagged a double in their Europa League qualifying defeat at Gent last night and it seemed worth a video mention.- Greg Seltzer
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I will have another Top 5'er later, but for now all eyes here are on Anderlecht's Champions League third round qualifying opener at Welsh side The New Saints. As far as I can tell, there is no TV for this anywhere, but you can follow...
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• Uefa ruled that club had not met admission criteria• Mallorca will appeal once reasons for exclusion are clearReal Mallorca are preparing to appeal against their exclusion from this season's Europa League by Uefa.The governing body ruled yesterda...
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• Uefa: 'The club has not fulfilled its obligations'• Real Mallorca say decision is 'hard to understand'The financially troubled Spanish club Real Mallorca have been excluded from this season's European competition by the governing body Uefa.Mallor...
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Spain celebrating their win over Portugal… Spain became the first team to qualify for the semifinals on Day 2 of the U19 European Championships Group Stage.  Spain’s second consecutive win means they will feature in the semifinals for the first time since they won the tournament in 2007.  Meanwhile, Italy failed to score in their...
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While I do not always agree with UEFA President Michel Platini, like his proposals for wage caps and vendetta against the big-spending Premier League, the Frenchman has been spot on in implementing more referee assistants on the pitch. Platini was massive in introducing extra assistants to aid the referee in last season’s Europa League...
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In one of his pre-World Cup posts, Chris provided the average ages of all the teams and listed them youngest to oldest.  In hindsight- the list is even more fascinating to me.  After revisiting this list, I think its fair to say some of the most exciting teams to watch at the World Cup...
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• Tests have shown there to be no problem• Uefa president had been suffering from fluMichel Platini was today released from hospital after his collapse in a Johannesburg restaurant yesterday.The Uefa president fainted in the restaurant and was take...
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• Uefa president fell to floor while dining in Sandton• Gérard Houllier accompanied Platini to hospitalMichel Platini has been taken to hospital in Johannesburg after collapsing in a restaurant this evening. It had initially been feared that the U...
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In about a week, and once the first controversial call has been made, googling a referee’s home address, scouting the area with streetview, writing death threats and painting little Hitler mustaches on his face will become one of the Internets favorite past times. Carrying out these hate and anger filled tasks is of course much...
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So you may now recognise him as the head of U.E.F.A. and the man that moved the Champions League from a Wednesday night to a Saturday night. What you may not know is that Platini, for 3 or 4 years, was the best player in the world. A fabulous midfield play-maker of the highest...
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My memories of how I learned about the news regarding the Hillsborough Disaster and the Bradford Fire Disaster are a lot more vivid than what happened 25 years ago today in the Heysel Stadium Disaster. Part of the reason was because both the Hillsborough and Valley Parade games were played on a Saturday, while...
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Sacre Bleu! Euro 2016 will take place in France following today's vote in Geneva.The 13-man UEFA Executive Committee chose the home of its President Michel Platini as venue for the tournament after Turkey lost 7-6 in the final round of voting, Italy ha...
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