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FILE: Gianni Infantino, president of the International Federation of Association Football (Fifa), attends the signing a Memorandum of Understanding at Vienna International Centre in Vienna, Austria on 14 September 2020. Picture: AFP

Uefa

Gianni Infantino to stand for re-election as FIFA president

By AFP

Infantino, a 52-year-old Swiss-Italian lawyer, was the secretary general of European governing body UEFA before becoming FIFA president in 2016 in the wake of...

  • Everton's English manager Frank Lampard reacts during the English Premier League football match between Tottenham Hotspur and Everton at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, on March 7, 2022. Picture: Ben Stansall / AFP

    Lampard urges Everton to stick together as relegation fears mount

    Frank Lampard's side are outside the bottom three only on goal difference ahead of Thursday's crucial clash with Newcastle at Goodison Park.

    66 days ago
  • FILE: The decision means Spartak Moscow are banned from the Europa League and Russia's women's team are banned from the Euro 2022 tournament in England this summer. Picture: Twitter/@EURO2020

    CAS upholds UEFA ban on Russian clubs

    Sport's top court said it was likely to make a decision 'at the end of this week' on the Football Union of Russia's bid to overturn FIFA's decision to throw Russia out of the playoffs for the 2022 World Cup.

    67 days ago
  • FILE: Drivers take the start of the Formula One Russian Grand Prix at the Sochi Autodrom circuit in Sochi on 26 September 2021. Picture: Alexander NEMENOV/AFP

    For Ukraine: All the sport and entertainment punishments Russia's felt so far

    The decision to invade Ukraine has cost Russia some major sporting events and even extended into its cultural assets.

    81 days ago
  • FILE: Russia's forward Artem Dzyuba looks on during the Uefa Euro 2020 Group B football match between Russia and Denmark at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen on 21 June 21, 2021. Picture: Jonathan NACKSTRAND/POOL/AFP

    Russia expelled from World Cup as Fifa and Uefa hand down bans

    The men's team had been due to play in qualifying play-offs in March for the World Cup in Qatar later this year, while its women's side had qualified for the European Championship in England, to be held in July.

    81 days ago
  • Picture: @ChampionsLeague/Twitter.

    Champions League draw to be 'entirely redone' after error

    Uefa blamed a 'material error' due to a 'technical problem with the software of an external service provider' as it announced that the draw for the first knockout round of its flagship competition would be redone at 1400 GMT.

    159 days ago
  • Tottenham players celebrate a goal. Picture: @SpursOfficial/Twitter

    Uefa confirms Tottenham vs Rennes match is off after COVID outbreak

    Tottenham announced that the Group G fixture would not take place after 13 players and members of staff tested positive for COVID-19 at the Premier League club.

    163 days ago
  • Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter. Picture: AFP

    Blatter and Platini charged by Swiss court over payment: Attorney General

    Hospitalised at the beginning of the year, 85-year-old Sepp Blatter is expected to be allowed to spend a limited amount of time in court.

    199 days ago
  • Sweden players celebrate their win over Spain in their 2022 World Cup qualifier on 2 September 2021. Picture: @EURO2020/Twitter

    Sweden beat Spain as European champions Italy held in World Cup qualifying

    Elsewhere, Belgium thrashed Estonia, England thumped Hungary in a match marred by reported racist chanting and Germany claimed an underwhelming win against Liechtenstein in Hansi Flick's first match as coach.

    260 days ago
  • Medics attend to Denmark's midfielder Christian Eriksen after he collapsed during the UEFA EURO 2020 Group B football match between Denmark and Finland at the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen on 12 June 2021. Picture: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP

    Eriksen saviours honoured by UEFA

    UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin described the nine recipients, who include Denmark captain Simon Kjaer, as "the true heroes of Euro 2020".

    270 days ago
  • England's Harry Kane celebrates scoring against Denmark in their Euro 2020 semifinal match on 7 July 20221. Picture: @EURO2020/Twitter

    Uefa charges England for fans' laser pointing

    Photos in the British press showed the green light of a laser being pointed at Kasper Schmeichel's face just before Harry Kane's extra-time penalty.

    317 days ago
  • Picture: @ChampionsLeague/Twitter.

    UEFA says scrapping away goals rule in all European club competitions

    Introduced in 1965, the rule was used to determine the winner of a two-legged knockout tie in cases where the two teams had scored the same number of goals on aggregate over the two matches.

    331 days ago
  •  Picture: Stock.xchng

    Uefa refuses to light Munich stadium in rainbow colours for Germany match

    "Uefa is a politically and religiously neutral organisation," said European football's governing body in a statement ahead of Wednesday's match.

    333 days ago
  • Picture: Twitter/@Euro2020

    UEFA probes alleged Euro 2020 racist, homophobic incidents in Budapest

    European football's governing body said in a statement it was investigating 'potential discriminatory incidents' in the Puskas Arena during Hungary's 3-0 defeat to Portugal on Tuesday and the 1-1 draw with France on Saturday.

    335 days ago
  • FILE: Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin holds a press conference on 20 September 2017 at the Uefa headquarters in Nyon. Picture: AFP.

    Champions League final moved from Istanbul to Porto

    The match on 29 May has been switched to allow English spectators to attend as travel between the UK and Turkey is suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic.

    373 days ago
  • Italy players celebrate a goal during their 9-1 victory over Armenia on 18 November 2019. Picture: @UEFAEURO/Twitter

    A month before Euro 2020, uncertainty off the pitch and on

    Postponed last year because of the pandemic, Euro 2020 finally kicks off in a month's time when Italy face Turkey in Rome but the health crisis continues to cast a shadow over a tournament being held for the first time at venues all across the continent.

    376 days ago
  • In this file photo taken on 3 December 2018 Real Madrid's president Florentino Perez poses upon arrival at the 2018 Ballon d'Or award ceremony at the Grand Palais in Paris. Picture: AFP

    Real, Barca, Juventus defend Super League in face of Uefa 'threats'

    The three clubs said they had received "unacceptable" threats from Uefa and Fifa since the project collapsed just two days after it was announced last month, when six Premier League clubs and three other teams pulled out.

    378 days ago
  • Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Picture: @Ibra_official/Twitter.

    UEFA to probe Ibrahimovic's alleged betting company investment

    The 39-year-old Sweden forward, who signed a new one-year deal with AC Milan last week, has invested in Malta-based site Bethard according to newspaper 'Aftonbladet'.

    390 days ago
  • FILE: Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin. Picture: AFP

    Uefa weighs Super League revenge and changing Euro host cities

    In the space of 48 hours, European football's governing body quelled a mutiny by 12 English, Spanish and Italian clubs who presumed to form their own quasi-closed tournament which would have threatened Uefa's own Champions League and the federation's governance of the game.

    393 days ago
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