England, Germany and Spain without having to play the UEFA Women’s U-17 Championship will represent Europe at the 2021 U-17 Women’s World Cup in India next year. UEFA has been forced to cancel the elite round and the final tournament of the UEFA Women’s U-17 Championship in Sweden due to …
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After consultation with UEFA’s 55 member associations, the UEFA Executive Committee has today taken several decisions regarding youth national team competitions considering the current COVID-19 situation across Europe. In order to alleviate the additional operational and financial burden on national associations – caused by hygiene conditions impacting travel and accommodation, …
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In an average year, UEFA and a host venue require 12 months to plan a competition final. In 2020, it has taken a couple of months to organise three mini-tournament finals: the Champions League, the Europa League and the Women’s Champions League in Portugal, Germany and Spain respectively. In a …
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UEFA and the General Secretaries of the 55 National Associations met in a video conference on Thursday, August 6 to discuss topics related to the restart of UEFA competitions in the light of the current situation; most notably those for clubs, national teams and youth. For club competitions, the discussion …
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When UEFA’s elite club competitions resume this week, the shirts of every player will carry the words ‘Thank You’ in their team’s chosen language – a symbol of European football’s recognition of key workers for their tireless contributions on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. “I am delighted that …
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The UEFA Executive Committee has taken the following decisions in relation to the UEFA club competitions. Removal of pending yellow cards on completion of the Round of 16 for 2019/20 UCL/UEL season Following the changes approved by the UEFA Executive Committee on 17 June 2020 on the format of the …
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The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has dismissed the appeal filed by the Turkish football club Trabzonspor A.S. (Trabzonspor) against the decision issued by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) Adjudicatory Chamber on June 3, 2020 (the Challenged Decision). As a consequence, the …
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Football is playing an unexpected but vital role in rebuilding lives of war amputees in South Sudan, thanks to rehabilitation centres run by longstanding UEFA humanitarian partner, the International Committee of the Red Cross. At the age of just 23, Majur Machol has already overcome the devastating loss of his …
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In the latest BIGinSports podcast, Patric Hoch and Arunava Chaudhuri discuss in the fourth episode the issue of CAS’ decision on lifting the UEFA ban on Manchester City. Listen to the BIGinSports podcast in Germany under: https://meinsportpodcast.de/mixed-sport/biginsports-podcast/fussball-was-bedeutet-das-cas-urteil-fuer-den-fussball-und-wie-geht-es-weiter/ Was bedeutet das CAS Urteil für den Fussball und wie geht es weiter? …
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I just love to watch the 442oons and their funny take on football and its matches! In the 442oons of the day its how Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola could have reacted once CAS overturned the UEFA suspension and reduced their fine.
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