A recipient of a UEFA research grant for 2019/20, Dr Rahela Jurkovic talked to UEFA Direct about the importance of football for refugees. Dr Rahela Jurkovic was one of six recipients of a UEFA research grant for 2019/20 for a project titled ‘Football and refugees: cultural anthropology of the Balkan …
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UEFA partner FARE (Football Against Racism in Europe) has launched its annual #FootballPeople weeks – a campaign that calls on supporters, clubs, players, minority groups and communities to raise awareness of social inequalities in sport, including racism, gender discrimination and homophobia. The initiative, which runs from October 8-22, is considered …
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FIFA has opened two invitations to tender (ITT) for the media rights to FIFA’s flagship men’s and women’s competitions, as well as FIFA Additional Events, simultaneously in each of four Nordic territories: Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. The rights available cover a broad range of linear, digital and radio transmission …
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As the Futsal Champions League gets back underway, we look at how UEFA and its national associations are setting the indoor game up for success. The UEFA Futsal Champions League finals take place in Barcelona this weekend as the competition reaches its climax 14 months after it began. The finals …
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UEFA’s ambitious overall strategy for European football is already proving its worth at various levels – UEFA Direct highlights the strategy’s key results and achievements in the year since its launch. Since its launch in February 2019, the five-year UEFA strategy Together for the Future of Football has tackled a …
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The UEFA Executive Committee yesterday, October 1 decided, following the successful pilot match that was held at the UEFA Super Cup in Budapest on September 24, to allow the partial return of spectators for UEFA matches where local laws permit, starting from next week’s national team matches. The number of …
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UEFA rewards excellence and achievement within European football with a series of awards in various sectors, with the major individual accolades traditionally handed out in late August. In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the late finish to the 2019/20 season, the player awards ceremony took place in Switzerland …
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Former Chelsea forward Didier Drogba has been picked as the recipient of the 2020 UEFA President’s Award by Aleksander Ceferin, with the UEFA President selecting the Ivorian for his “commitment to excellence both on and off the pitch”. The President’s Award recognises outstanding achievements, professional excellence and exemplary personal qualities, …
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UEFA kicks off its annual Grassroots Week today, with the 2020 edition highlighting the importance of ensuring everyone, everywhere can continue to safely play the world’s number one sport – in their own garden, at school or with a local amateur club. Over the next week, UEFA.com and our official …
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The UEFA Executive Committee today decided, after an agreement with the European Club Association and the European Leagues, to recover the dates lost due to the cancellation of the March 2020 window and the postponement of EURO 2020 to the summer of 2021, by extending the March and September 2021 …
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