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France's Frappart first woman to referee men's Champions League game
It is the first time that a woman has been assigned to referee a game in Europe's most prestigious club competition.
In a letter to Infantino, UEFA chief Aleksander Ceferin asked that football's lawmakers adjust the handball rule so that referees can once again judge whether there is intent when a player handles the ball.
The notion of a splinter league for the continent's high rollers first surfaced through a series of leaked emails and documents in November 2018 claiming that a host of Europe's biggest clubs were working on plans for a 16-team Super League to kick-off as early as 2021.
The collated UEFA Champions League results on Tuesday.
The CAS panel that heard Premier League City’s appeal published their full reasoning for overturning the English club’s two-year ban from European football earlier this month.
Swiss prosecutors have been probing Blatter over accusations he arranged a payment of two million Swiss francs from FIFA to then UEFA president Platini in February 2011.
Domestic and continental club competitions were halted across Europe in mid-March due to the COVID-19 crisis and Euro 2020 was postponed.
The comments from UEFA’s Tim Meyer contrast with FIFA’s medical committee chairman Michel D’Hooghe who on Tuesday said football should not be played until at least September to limit the spread of the new coronavirus.
Soccer has ground to a halt in all major leagues in Europe and none have yet to resume. But Uefa is keen to start planning for next season’s European club tournaments.
Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte on Tuesday banned events including professional sports and music festivals until Sept. 1 to prevent a resurgence of coronavirus infections.
League seasons were halted in mid-March as the coronavirus spread across Europe.
Football leagues have been suspended since mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic which has claimed more than 100,000 lives throughout the continent.
The decision would keep the Dutch league in line with UEFA, which has warned teams risk exclusion from the next Champions League if their domestic competitions are ended prematurely.
Soccer leagues across Europe and beyond have been suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic.
All UEFA competitions have been halted because of the flu-like virus that has killed around 34,000 people, while this year’s European Championship has been pushed back to 2021.
Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin didn’t mention any names but Fifa president Gianni Infantino, whose efforts to create the Club World Cup have not gone down well with Uefa, was sitting in the front row.
UEFA said the new proposed dates for the tournament were 11 June to 11 July 11 next year, as Euro 2020 becomes Euro 2021.
A chamber of seven judges at the Strasbourg-based court ruled Thursday that Platini's "suspension from football-related professional activity was justified".
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.