London: Chelsea coach Roberto di Matteo admitted that Friday's UEFA Super Cup encounter against Atletico Madrid brought back strong memories of his two greatest triumphs with the club. The Italian returns with his side to the scene of the Blues' famous 1998 Super Cup win over Real Madrid at Monaco's Stade Louis II, where he starred in midfield 14 years ago. And leading Chelsea to Champions League victory over Bayern...
09:08 AM, Aug 31, 2012
Monte Carlo: Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta won the UEFA Best Player in Europe award for the 2011-2012 season on Thursday. Iniesta earned 19 votes in the poll of journalists from across Europe, two more than Barcelona teammate and last year's winner, Lionel Messi, and Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo. The 28-year-old Iniesta was instrumental in helping Spain successfully defend their European Championship title this summer and was crowned the tournament's best...
10:46 PM, Aug 30, 2012
Malta: Malta international midfielder Kevin Sammut has been given a 10-year suspension by European soccer's governing body UEFA after being found guilty of match-fixing in the Euro 2008 qualifier between Norway and Malta. The match ended in a 4-0 win for Norway, who scored three times in the last 18 minutes. Sammut, one of three players cited in the ruling by UEFA's Control and Disciplinary Board, was substituted at halftime....
08:37 PM, Aug 20, 2012
London: UEFA says Chelsea defender John Terry has had the third game of his three-match ban for violent conduct deferred for three years, making him available for selection for the start of the group stage of the Champions League. Terry, who was shown a red card during the second leg of the Champions League semifinal against Barcelona in April after striking Alexis Sanchez in the back with his knee, served...
10:27 AM, Aug 14, 2012
Madrid: The second leg of the Spanish Super Cup between Real Madrid and Barcelona has been brought forward a day as 11 of the potential participants are up for Europe's player of the year award on August 30. "UEFA have asked the Spanish federation (RFEF) to change the date for the second leg of the Spanish Super Cup, from Aug 30th to the 29th.." the RFEF said in a statement...
09:17 PM, Jul 17, 2012
Warsaw, Poland: UEFA has fined the German Soccer Association $31,200 after fans displayed a neo-Nazi flag at a European Championship match. Germany has now been disciplined for fans' behavior at all three Euro 2012 group-stage matches, and paid fines totaling $50,000. UEFA says fans were guilty of "improper conduct" at the match against Denmark on June 17. Monitors from the Europe-wide FARE fans' group identified the neo-Nazi symbol after being...
12:01 PM, Jun 26, 2012
Athens, Greece: Greece's football federation says Alketas Panagoulias (78), who coached the national team at its first World Cup and European Championship, has died. Greek media reports say Panagoulias died on Monday at his home in Vienna, Virginia. Panagoulias coached Greece at the 1980 European Championship and 1994 World Cup, where the team was eliminated after conceding 10 goals and scoring none. A former Aris Thessaloniki player, Panagoulias also led...
12:00 PM, Jun 20, 2012
Lviv: Both Germany and Portugal have been fined by UEFA after their opening game at Euro 2012. German supporters threw missiles during the Group B clash and the German Football Association has been fined 10,000 as a result. Seleccao players were targeted by paper bombs, most notably at corners, while a smoke bomb was also let off in the stands, despite die Mannschaft's fans being continually warned as the game...
11:23 PM, Jun 14, 2012
Moscow: Russia's football authorities have been fined 120,000 euros (around $151,000) and given a suspended six-point deduction for crowd disturbances involving its fans at their opening game of Euro 2012, UEFA said. After Russia's 4-1 win over the Czech Republic in Wroclaw, some Russian fans assaulted Polish stewards, reportedly leaving four requiring hospital treatment. The punishment relates to, "charges for the improper conduct of its supporters [crowd disturbances], the setting...
01:36 PM, Jun 14, 2012
Warsaw (Poland): UEFA stepped up investigations on Tuesday into alleged racial abuse directed at Italy forward Mario Balotelli and Czech Republic defender Theodor Gebre Selassie. UEFA said it received new reports "regarding the two cases of alleged racist chanting" at the European Championship. "UEFA is now conducting further investigations," UEFA spokesman Rob Faulkner said. "There are however, no disciplinary proceedings opened at this moment in time." UEFA pledged zero tolerance...
08:02 PM, Jun 12, 2012
Gdansk (Poland): Spain was considering filing an official protest to UEFA over the state of the pitch at Gdansk's PGE Arena after Italy's refusal to consent to extra watering left it dry for their opening European Championship game. Spain coach Vicente del Bosque as well as players Andres Iniesta, Xavi Hernandez and Cesc Fabregas all complained about the turf following Sunday's 1-1 Group C draw, which affected the defending champions'...
08:23 PM, Jun 11, 2012
Warshaw: UEFA charged the Russian soccer association on Saturday after fans were filmed fighting with stadium stewards after a European Championship match. UEFA also is seeking more evidence to investigate reports of "alleged abuse directed at Czech Republic players" during Russia's 4-1 win in Wroclaw on Friday. "UEFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against the Football Union of Russia for the improper conduct of its supporters," it said in a statement....
02:33 PM, Jun 10, 2012
New Delhi: Bharti Airtel has bagged the exclusive mobile video rights for the UEFA Euro 2012 football tournament that begins on June 8. Airtel mobile customers across India can watch the Euro matches live and also get access to other related content. To watch Euro 2012 matches live on their mobile phones, Airtel customers can SMS 'TV' to 54321 and for live scores SMS 'GOAL' to 54321. The charges for...
04:32 PM, Jun 07, 2012
Ankara: Turkey has submitted a bid to UEFA to host the 2020 European Championships, the head of the country's football federation announced on Tuesday. Turkey is also bidding to stage the 2020 Olympics in Istanbul. UEFA president Michel Platini has previously said he would back the country to host Euro 2020 only if it loses the Olympic bid. The International Olympic Committee will vote on the 2020 Games in September...
11:18 PM, Apr 18, 2012
Nyon: Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger got a three-match touchline ban from UEFA on Friday for comments directed at the referee after his team's Champions League elimination this month. UEFA said its disciplinary panel found Wenger guilty of "improper conduct," and fined him 40,000 ($53,000). "Arsenal FC manager Arsene Wenger has been suspended from carrying out his function for three UEFA competition matches by the UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body," a...
07:40 PM, Mar 30, 2012
Nyon: Napoli coach Walter Mazzarri has lost his appeal to UEFA challenging a two-match touchline ban, and is barred from the Champions League round-of-16 matches against Chelsea. UEFA increased Mazzarri's punishment for "improper conduct," after he pushed Villarreal forward Nilmar to protest time-wasting tactics during a group match in December. UEFA says its appeals panel added a third match to the sanction. The additional ban was deferred for a two-year...
03:47 PM, Feb 17, 2012
London: Chelsea spent 28 million Pounds on firing manager Carlo Ancelotti and hiring Andre Villas-Boas, an outlay that does not appear to be paying off with the team performing worse in the English Premier League this season. Ancelotti was ditched in May after failing to win a trophy in his second season at Stamford Bridge, prompting owner Roman Abramovich to take a costly gamble on luring the inexperienced Villas-Boas from...
02:46 PM, Feb 09, 2012
Monaco: Lionel Messi's goal late in the first half and Cesc Fabregas' first for his new side gave Barcelona a 12th title under Pep Guardiola and a second already in 2011-12 as the Catalan club beat Porto in the Uefa Super Cup in Monaco on Friday evening. Messi, named European Player of the Year at Uefa's Champions League draw on Thursday, scored in the only competition in which he had...
02:29 AM, Aug 27, 2011
Mumbai: Neo Sports channel has acquired the exclusive broadcast rights of UEFA Euro 2012 in the sub continent covering India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives. Europe's continent's quadrennial football extavaganza would feature 16 teams and is to be held in June 2012 in Poland and Ukraine, a release said on Monday. "This is a significant partnership between UEFA and Neo Sports and covers UEFA Euro 2012, 2013...
05:53 PM, Aug 01, 2011
Nyon, Switzerland: UEFA president Michel Platini is set to be re-elected for another four-year term after being confirmed as the only candidate in next year's election. European football's governing body announced on Thursday that no rivals submitted their candidacy by the previous day's deadline. The former France captain, who will be formally re-elected at the UEFA Congress in Paris on March 22, ousted longtime incumbent Lennart Johansson in a tight...
07:38 AM, Dec 24, 2010
