Your wacky neighborhood UEFA NextGen report
In a strange turn of events, Tottenham have withdrawn from this year's NextGen Series after breaking 'competition regulation'.Spurs played out a hard-fought victory over Liverpool at White Hart Lane on Wednesday before discovering afterward that they h...
Uefa considers Champions League ban on players owned by third parties
• General secretary Gianni Infantino says Uefa ready to act• Infantino: 'This kind of player ownership is a growing threat'Uefa has confirmed it will consider banning from the Champions League players whose transfer rights are owned by third partie...
Your friendly neighborhood UEFA NextGen report
Teenagers. Being the walking volcanoes of untameable hormones and angst that they are, naturally, they are highly unpredictable. Put 22 of them on a pitch, give them a ball, some fans, and a referee crew? The humanity! Aston Villa took on Marseille ...
Quiet transfer window suggests Premier League clubs have sobered up | David Conn
Uefa's financial fair play scheme seems to be having an effect on clubs' spending – though we have seen quiet windows beforeAny attempt to chart a new sanity for football's future from the erratic punts of January's transfer trading is fraught with l...
Uefa to sanction clubs who report huge losses
• Governing body will defend in court any penalties challenged• Clubs could be excluded from Champions LeagueUefa has said it will defend in court any penalties imposed on clubs which breach its financial fair play rules, including most seriously t...
Uefa’s fair play rules will help clubs rein in spending
Governing body says game has struggled to manage its commercial bonanzaIn this first qualifying year of "financial fair play" Uefa, the European governing body, spent a day at its Lake Geneva headquarters setting out its seriousness about the rules, wh...
Blatter: Platini ready to replace me at Fifa
• Blatter says Platini 'will be a good president'• Fifa head denies accusations of malpracticeSepp Blatter has claimed Michel Platini is "ready" to succeed him as the head of Fifa – and that the Frenchman will make a good president of the game's ...
Gareth Bale is only Premier League player named in Uefa team of 2011
• Team based on 4.5m votes from Uefa.com users• Select XI is dominated by Spain-based playersTottenham's Gareth Bale has been named in the Uefa.com users' team of the year alongside eight Spain-based players.The 22-year-old Wales international, who...
Fifa should stop top clubs stealing young players, says Fabio Capello
• 'Clubs are talent-scouting all over the world'• 'A line needs to be drawn,' says England managerTighter rules should be introduced by Fifa to stop European clubs from "stealing" talented young players from other countries, Fabio Capello has said....
Your friendly neighborhood UEFA NextGen report
This should have been up the other day, my bad. Don't fault Jacob...At this stage in the competition you would have every reason to believe that some dead rubbers would be played. Yet the "Look at Me!" nature of international youth soccer forbids such a thing.For instance, Celtic welcomed Marseille to...
Premier League and Ligue 1 to lobby Uefa over third‑party ownership
• Concern at third‑party ownership effect on financial fair play• English and French want practice outlawed across EuropeThe Premier League will join forces with Ligue 1 to lobby Uefa over the issue of third‑party ownership and its effect on fi...
Luis Suárez’s racism conviction gets no comment from Uefa and Fifa
• International governing bodies keep out of domestic cases• Possible Liverpool appeal means Suárez case is not overFifa and Uefa will not comment on Luis Suárez being found guilty of racially abusing Manchester United's Patrice Evra by the Footb...
