UEFA have rung the alarm bells over multi-club ownership claiming that holding stakes across multiple clubs would undermine the integrity of the game and distort the transfer market. A detailed report from Financial Times claims that there are trends of owners buying stakes in more than one club. Multi-club ownership trend explained Multi-club ownership usually […]

Paris (AFP) – European football governing body UEFA blamed "fake tickets which did not work in the turnstiles" for a 35-minute delay to Saturday's Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid in Paris, but the English club heavily criticised the treatment of their supporters. UEFA said French police had fired tear gas to disperse […]

Lausanne (AFP) – With many clubs reeling from the financial fallout of the pandemic and competitive inequality growing despite existing fair play rules, UEFA will on Thursday unveil changes in its tactics for levelling European football's economic playing field. After months of discussions, UEFA is expected to adopt an overhaul of the Financial Fair Play […]

Nyon (Switzerland) (AFP) – UEFA's executive on Thursday voted in favour of limiting leaders to three four-year terms and guaranteeing two seats for Europe's increasingly powerful clubs. The moves were part of reforms that new leader Aleksander Ceferin has vowed to introduce since taking over from the scandal-tainted Michel Platini in September. If agreed at […]

Zurich (AFP) – The election of Aleksander Ceferin to succeed the disgraced Michel Platini at the head of UEFA was a clear message from within of a desire for change, FIFA supremo Gianni Infantino said Friday. Ceferin is an accomplished lawyer with little record in football before he became head of the Slovenian federation in […]

Athens (AFP) – Aleksander Ceferin went into his first day in charge of European football on Thursday facing big decisions, high hopes and some doubts over how a little-known official from Slovenia could become president of the most powerful football confederation. "It's too much right now, it's crazy," Ceferin said after presiding over his first UEFA […]

Athens (AFP) – UEFA on Wednesday overwhelmingly elected Slovenian lawyer Aleksander Ceferin, almost unknown three months ago, as its new president to lead the world's most powerful football confederation into a new era after Michel Platini was forced to resign. Ceferin, 48, beat Dutch football association chief Michael van Praag by 42 votes to 13 […]

Ljubljana (AFP) – New UEFA boss Aleksander Ceferin has been a high profile lawyer in his native Slovenia but had no record in football until he took over his country's football federation in 2011. The 48-year-old father of three has often appeared on Slovenian television speaking for high-profile defendants represented by his family law firm, […]

Ljubljana (AFP) – New UEFA boss Aleksander Ceferin has been a high profile lawyer in his native Slovenia but had no record in football until he took over his country's football federation in 2011. The 48-year-old father of three has often appeared on Slovenian television speaking for high-profile defendants represented by his family law firm, […]

Athens (AFP) – UEFA on Wednesday elects a new president after the banning of Michel Platini with Slovenian football leader Aleksander Ceferin the favourite to take on the task of easing tensions with Europe's leading clubs. The Slovenian Football Federation chief is in contention with Dutch rival Michael van Praag to complete the five-year term […]

Madrid (AFP) – Angel Maria Villar, the head of Spain's football association, announced Tuesday he had withdrawn his bid to replace the banned Michel Platini as the president of UEFA. "After a profound reflection I have decided to withdraw my bid," he said in a statement posted on the website of the Spanish Football Federation. […]

Basel (Switzerland) (AFP) – UEFA will hold an election for a new president on September 14 in Athens after Michel Platini quit over an ethics scandal with the world body. Dutch FA president Michael Van Praag became the first official candidate but others could follow. Angel Maria Villar of Spain, UEFA's senior vice president who […]

The Hague (AFP) – Dutch football chief Michael van Praag announced Wednesday he will run as a candidate to replace disgraced former UEFA president Michel Platini, the first to officially throw his hat into the ring to take over the helm of European football. "He wants to finish the remainder of Platini's two-and-half year term […]

Basel (Switzerland) (AFP) – UEFA will vote to elect a new president to replace disgraced Frenchman Michel Platini on September 14, European football's governing body announced Wednesday. UEFA has been without a president since Platini was forced to resign after a sports tribunal rejected his final appeal against his ban from football over a suspect […]

Budapest (AFP) – European football's governing body UEFA elected Frenchwoman Florence Hardouin as its first female executive member in a landmark vote at a congress in Budapest on Tuesday. The 49-year-old Hardouin, French Football Federation (FFF) director general, won by 33 votes to 21 against her rival candidate, the former Norwegian international Karen Espelund, 55, […]