Champions League final venue changed UEFA has announced a change in the venue of the 2021 Champions League final contest between English rivals, Chelsea and Manchester City. The football body stated that the contest earlier schedule to hold Istanbul, the Turkish capital has now been move to Porto, Portugal. The venue for the encounter slated … Read more
UEFA have stripped Russia of hosting rights for the season-opening European Super Cup over the country’s ongoing war in Ukraine. Kazan, was due to stage the game between the winners of this season’s Champions League and Europa League. Due to the conflict between the two countries, UEFA has moved the game to the Georgios Karaiskakis … Read more
German and European club champions, Bayern Munich have won the UEFA Super Cup after following a 2-1 defeat of Spanish LA Liga outfit, Budapest. The game contested between the Uefa Champions League and Europa League winners saw Lucas Ocampos giving Sevilla the lead from a penalty in the 13th minute. However, the German side drew … Read more
The draw for the last 16 of the Champions League is to be “entirely redone” after a technical error, European football’s governing body UEFA said on Monday. UEFA blamed a “material error” due to a “technical problem with the software of an external service provider” as it announced that the draw for the first knockout … Read more
European football governing body, UEFA will take a quick action to stop other clubs from copying Chelsea’s style of handing long-term contracts to players. The Blues have taken the decision to offer long term deals to their new signings, raising eyebrows. According to the Times, the move was thoughtful, as it lets the West London … Read more
European football governing body, UEFA has announced Paris as the new venue for the 2022 Champions League Final in May. The announcement follows the stripping Russia of the right to host the epic final following it’s invasion of Ukraine. The 2022 Champions League Final was billed for the St Petersburg on 28 May. UEFA confirmed … Read more
Bayern Munich and Polish striker, Robert Lewandowski, clinched the Best Player of the Year Award at the UEFA Best Awards which held on Thursday evening in Geneva, Switzerland. The Pole defeated Kevin De Bruyne and Manuel Neuer to win claim the men’s prize of the night while Pernille Harder won the women’s award. Manuel Neuer … Read more
European football governing body, UEFA, has banned the English football team from playing it’s home games at the Wembley Stadium. England must now play their next home match in any UEFA competition behind closed doors, European football’s governing body ruled on Monday. The ban follows the disorder caused by large crowds at the Euro 2020 … Read more
Union of European Football Associations, UEFA and Federation of International Football Association, FIFA have banished all Russian football teams from international football. All Russian football teams have been so barred from international football for a no definite length. The ban’s a result of the Russian’ invasion on Ukraine since last week Thursday. That is to … Read more
None of the African players managed to secure a spot within the top 10 of UEFA’s rankings for the 2023 Player of the Year award. Once again, African players find themselves without acknowledgment from Europes football’s governing bodies. Not a single player from the continent, including Victor Osimhen of Napoli, made it into the top … Read more
Cristiano Ronaldo has been named European Men’s Player of the Decade by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics’, IFFHS The Portuguese forward who helped his nation lift the 2016 UEFA European Championship, defeated a number of other high ranking soccer stars to emerge as the IFFHS’ best European player between 2011 and 2020. … Read more
UEFA is set to suspend Russian teams from all competitions in response to the invasion of Ukraine, according to a report Monday by German sports agency SID, an AFP subsidiary. The first Russian team affected would be Spartak Moscow, who face RB Leipzig away in a Europa League last 16, first-leg tie on March 10. … Read more
Chelsea is currently being investigated by the Premier League for alleged financial breaches that occurred during Roman Abramovich’s tenure as owner. The club’s new proprietors, Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital reported anomalies to both UEFA and the Premier League following their acquisition in 2022. In July, UEFA imposed a fine of £8.6 million on Chelsea … Read more
UEFA on Friday announced sanctions, including financial punishments, against nine of the 12 clubs behind the aborted Super League project, after the clubs “apologised” and acknowledged “a mistake”. The governing body of European football said that “in a spirit of reconciliation” the nine clubs had agreed to a “Club Commitment Declaration” and accepted a five … Read more
