Tag: UEFA

• Tuesday, April 5th 2022 - 20:00 UTC

  South American Football Confederation opens office in London

  

  The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) Monday opened its offices in London, England. It consists of a Joint Representation with the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA).

• Saturday, February 26th 2022 - 09:18 UTC

  UEFA moves Champions League final from St Petersburg to Paris; Gazprom sponsorship cancelled

  

  The Union of European Football Associations, UEFA finally decided on Friday to move the 2022 Champions League final from Saint Petersburg to Saint-Denis in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

• Monday, June 8th 2020 - 10:59 UTC

  Infantino preparing FIFA for the new normality

  

  FIFA president Gianni Infantino called for discussions over proposals to introduce salary and transfer fee caps to football in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. World football's governing body intends to finalize plans in the coming weeks for a financial relief package following the economic damage caused to the sport by the global health crisis.

• Thursday, February 20th 2020 - 18:26 UTC

  Pep Guardiola openly attacks his ex club Barcelona in defense of Manchester City

  

  Pep Guardiola went to war with his former club Barcelona on Wednesday as Manchester City's manager defended his current employers in the wake of their European ban. Barca president Josep Maria Bartomeu has “thanked” UEFA for banning City from the Champions League and Europa League for two years, a shock sentence handed out on Friday which the Premier League champions plan to appeal.

• Saturday, February 15th 2020 - 08:20 UTC

  Manchester City banned from EU competition and fined for breaching financial fair play rules; the club will appeal

  

  English champions Manchester City have been banned from European competition for the next two seasons and fined 30 million Euros by European soccer's governing body UEFA after an investigation into alleged breaches of Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules.

• Tuesday, December 24th 2019 - 09:14 UTC

  UK government calls on football chiefs to rid the sport of racism; UEFA chief accuses Johnson of fuelling the situation

  

  The British government called on football chiefs on Monday to do more to rid the sport of racism but stopped short of launching a full-scale inquiry demanded by the domestic players' union following the latest incident in the English game.

• Tuesday, July 9th 2019 - 12:06 UTC

  Argentina and Messi licking wounds after Brazil wins the 2019 Copa America

  

  Argentina's fury at their Copa 2019 exit prompted reports they could play in UEFA, a suggestion which has been swiftly denied by the governing body. UEFA has denied reports it would entertain inviting Argentina into its European competitions following the 2019 Copa America.

• Tuesday, August 16th 2016 - 20:12 UTC

  Brazilian flag flies at half mast in the Olympics in honor of Joao Havelange

  

  Former FIFA president and IOC member Joao Havelange has died aged 100. The Brazilian, whose name is one of those used for the track and field stadium for the Rio Games (Estádio Olímpico João Havelange), played a key role in bringing the Olympics to his country. He called on IOC members at the host city vote in 2009 to “join me in celebrating my 100th birthday'” at the Rio Olympics.

• Saturday, March 19th 2016 - 06:24 UTC

  Ex FIFA Blatter was paid US$ 3.76 million and Valcke US% 2.2 million in 2015

  

  FIFA peeled back another layer of secrecy this week as football’s governing body revealed for the first time how much money it was paying disgraced former president Sepp Blatter. The former FIFA chief, who was suspended with pay in October 2015 and later banned for unethical conduct, made $3.76 million last year. He did not earn a performance bonus but did pocket almost $450,000 for reaching 40 years of service at FIFA.

• Friday, February 26th 2016 - 04:26 UTC

  World's eyes turn on Zurich as FIFA chooses president and hopefully a new era for the beautiful game

  

  The five contenders for the FIFA throne pitched the regional confederations in Zurich on Thursday in a last-ditch plea for votes in Friday’s election. Sheikh Salman, Gianni Infantino, Prince Ali, Jerome Champagne and Tokyo Sexwale made their appeals to CONCACAF, UEFA and Oceania congresses staged at various hotels in the Swiss city where Sepp Blatter’s successor will be 26 February.