The UEFA Executive Committee today, February 17 decided to cancel the 2020/21 edition of the UEFA Youth League due to the Covid-19 pandemic and its effects on the staging of competitions. The committee had initially decided last year to amend the format of the competition and to delay its start, …
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Latest UEFA data shows the Return to Play operational and medical protocol is helping to minimise the risks of playing European club and national team competitions during the pandemic. Since the Return to Play Protocol established medical and operational standards for staging European club and national team competitions last summer, …
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All the updates on UEFA’s club and national team competition matches affected by travel restrictions across Europe related to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic. Which men’s matches have been affected? UEFA Champions League February 16: Leipzig vs Liverpool (to be played in Budapest, Hungary) February 23: Atlético vs Chelsea (to be …
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UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin and Andreas Zagklis, Secretary General of the Federation of International Basketball (FIBA) showed that their sports share more than a common home when they met at the ‘House of Basketball’ in Switzerland last week. “UEFA and FIBA share common values, based on solidarity and open competitions,” …
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Today, on World Cancer Day, UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin outlined the organisation’s support to the on-going battle against the disease. Mr. Čeferin, together with UEFA ambassador Eric Abidal, was speaking at an online panel discussion alongside Margaritis Schinas, vice-president of the European Commission, Manfred Weber, MEP and chairman of the …
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Electronic Arts have announced a multiyear UEFA license extension, ensuring the pinnacle of club football remains exclusive to EA SPORTS. EA is expanding football video game access through multiple in-development mobile offerings, and by broadening the PC free-to-download FIFA Online 4 title’s reach to potentially 80 million players in more …
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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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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 …
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