UEFA yesterday, January 28 appointed Dr Daniel Koch, the former head of communicable diseases at Switzerland’s Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), as medical advisor to UEFA EURO 2020 on all matters related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Last year, Dr Koch won widespread respect from the Swiss public for his …
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UEFA officials yesterday, January 27 met representatives of the 12 host associations/organisers of UEFA EURO 2020, in a routine meeting to discuss operational matters relating to the tournament, which is to be staged in the summer. UEFA repeated its commitment to holding the EURO across the 12 cities according to …
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen have signed the Dutch right-back Jeremie Frimpong. The Holland U-20 international joins the Werkself from Scottish champions Celtic Glasgow. The 20-year-old has signed a contract at Leverkusen to June 30, 2025. “In Jeremie Frimpong, we have been able to sign a player with a great facility to …
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In the latest BIGinSports podcast, Patric Hoch and Arunava Chaudhuri discuss in where football is heading in the future. Quo Vadis Fussball Die deutsche Fussball Bundesliga, war die erste professionelle Sportliga der Welt, die 2020 inmitten der Corona Pandemie wieder spielte. Das blieb nicht ohne Kritik. Mittlerweile hat sich das …
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The 2019/20 UEFA Foundation for Children activity report shows the power of football to change children’s lives despite the obstacles and adversity created by a global pandemic – from refugee camps and deprived inner-city communities to war zones in some of the world’s poorest countries. Since 2015, the UEFA Foundation …
Read More »German FIFA World Cup winner Mesut Özil has left English Premier League side Arsenal FC to join Turkish Super Lig giants Fenerbahce on a permanent transfer. After months of not playing football for the Gunners, Özil has finally left London to move to Istanbul, where he joins the club of …
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UEFA and the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) yesterday, January 21 concluded a Memorandum of Understanding at the House of European Football in Nyon, signed by UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva Tatiana Valovaya. Having jointly staged the successful ‘Match for Solidarity’ …
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After over a month of voting during which almost 6 million votes were cast, the UEFA.com women’s and men’s Fans’ Teams of the Year 2020 can now be revealed. For the 20th year running, football supporters around the world were invited to select their teams from shortlists of 50 elite …
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In light of recent media speculation about the creation of a closed European ‘Super League’ by some European clubs, FIFA and the six confederations (AFC, CAF, Concacaf, CONMEBOL, OFC and UEFA) once again would like to reiterate and strongly emphasise that such a competition would not be recognised by either …
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Erreà Sport has announced a new technical partnership agreement with FC Saburtalo, a cup-winning Georgian football club based in Tbilisi. Founded in 1999, the team plays in the Erovnuli Liga, Georgia’s top league. In the last three years alone, FC Saburtalo, was crowned champion of Georgia in 2018, won the …
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