Europe

A new report by UEFA and its associated social responsibility partner World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) shows how sport can contribute to sustainability and tackle climate change at all levels, from the grassroots to the elite. The report, ‘Playing for Our Planet’, focuses on environmental initiatives taking place across …

A professional footballer with an impressive profile: Yann Sommer, who has been crowned Swiss Superleague champion with FC Basel four times in a row and has since played for German Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach, is now the new brand ambassador for IWC Schaffhausen. Sport has always been a high priority …

Less than a month after the Indian U-16 National Team played the U-16 National teams of United States of America and Norway in the Sportchain International Friendlies, the All India Football Federation has arranged another exposure tour for the boys in May. The India U-16 colts will now travel to …

For 2018, the Finnish national team will wear a new Nike made home kit dubbed Lethal Winter — white from head to toe accented by icy blasts of blue. The away, a deep royal blue with an accent of a lighter shade of blue, is equally crisp. The team rounded …

The Netherlands, also called Holland, has given much to world football: namely the artistry of its play and iconic stars too numerous to mention. An added bonus has been the fanaticism of the nation’s orange-clad legion of supporters. This was in full effect last summer, when the women’s team became …

Macron and the Faroe Islands Football Association have unveiled the new kits of the National teams, as part of the broader agreement between Macron and UEFA, the so called UEFA Kit Assistance Scheme, the UEFA program to assist the smaller European football Associations in providing them with kits and equipment. …

UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin visited Lithuania earlier in the week, on a day when the country’s national association signed a cooperation agreement with the Lithuanian government to further develop the domestic game in the Baltic country. At a ceremony attended by Mr Ceferin, the agreement was signed by the president …

A Turkish Football Federation (TFF) delegation has visited UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, to submit their bid book to host UEFA EURO 2024 on Thursday, April 26. TFF President Yildirim Demirören handed over the bid documents to UEFA General Secretary Theodore Theodoridis at the House of European Football. Other members …