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Tag Archives: Europe

UEFA Academy creating female leaders off the pitch!

Women’s football in Europe continues to break new ground, as demonstrated by the record-breaking UEFA Women’s EURO 2022 and the incredible success of the reformatted UEFA Women’s Champions League. This on-field progress is perhaps the most eye-catching of the advances being made as part of UEFA’s Time For Action women’s …

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Revamped UEFA anti-match-fixing working group gets down to business!

Revamped working group brings together top anti-match-fixing experts to promote international cooperation and action in the fight against match-fixing. As UEFA Women’s EURO 2022 got under way, UEFA’s revamped European football anti-match-fixing working group held its first meeting in its new composition, uniting key anti-match-fixing stakeholders from sport, government, law …

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UEFA releases Outraged documentary series against discrimination & online abuse in football!

As part of UEFA’s ongoing fight against discrimination, hate and online abuse in football, the five-episode Outraged documentary series has been made available today on UEFA.tv, UEFA’s streaming platform. The Outraged series supports the ongoing work within the wider RESPECT programme against online abuse, along with the preventive aims of …

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Online abuse monitoring platform launched at Women’s EURO opener!

Key element of UEFA’s new Respect programme helps to identify, report and remove discriminatory and abusive content. Yesterday’s opening match at the UEFA Women’s EURO between England and Austria in Manchester marked the launch of a dedicated platform to monitor, report and remedy cases of online abuse. The new platform …

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Italy take on Argentina in the Finalissima at Wembley stadium!

When Italy take on Argentina on Wednesday, June 1 the two teams will be competing for the CONMEBOL-UEFA Cup of Champions trophy, which has undergone some significant changes since it was first introduced almost 40 years ago. Weighing around 8.5kg and being 45cm in height, the trophy is made out …

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Elkhan Mammadov to join FIFA as Director Member Associations Europe!

FIFA have announced the appointment of Elkhan Mammadov as Director Member Associations Europe. Mammadov will assume the position on May 1, 2022, with specific responsibility for regional strategies on the implementation of the FIFA Forward programme, analysing specific requirements across European football’s 55 FIFA member associations in order to define …

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JAKO and KOMM MIT enter into partnership in youth football!

The team sports outfitter JAKO and the non-profit organisation KOMM MIT are starting a partnership and supporting up to 1,000 clubs with jersey sets. KOMM MIT is primarily active in youth football in Germany and Europe and brings together young people from over 60 different nations through sporting events. Since …

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Soccerex to hit their half century in Europe!

Soccerex will follow up on their recent Americas event in Miami – the most successful event the industry has seen since the return from Covid-19 – with a European instalment this September, once again providing unparalleled networking opportunities and industry leading content to more than 1,500 senior decision makers who …

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Germany’s DFL welcomes new UEFA Financial Sustainability regulations!

The UEFA Executive Committee has approved the new financial sustainability regulations, replacing the previous UEFA Financial Fair Play concept. As a member of the UEFA Club Licensing Committee (advisory body to the UEFA Executive Committee), Dr Marc Lenz, Head of Corporate Strategy and International Affairs at the DFL, was heavily …

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