Paris, France | AFP | UEFA and the United Nations will team up to stage a charity match in Geneva on April 21 next year, European football’s governing body said on Tuesday. Two star-studded teams, managed by Champions League winner Carlo Ancelotti and France coach Didier Deschamps and captained by Luis …
Read More »Merkel urges tougher rules to end sky-high transfers
Berlin, Germany | AFP | German Chancellor Angela Merkel Friday urged football governing bodies UEFA and FIFA to tighten rules governing transfers and stamp out spiralling record spending on players. “I view the financial developments in professional football as critically as many people,” she told Mittelbayerische Zeitung daily. “Such sums are …
Read More »UEFA probes PSG after Neymar, Mbappe deals
Paris, France | AFP | UEFA opened a formal investigation into Paris Saint-Germain on Friday after the French club broke the world transfer record to sign Neymar. European football’s governing body said it would look at whether PSG had violated its Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules. “The investigation will focus …
Read More »UEFA probes PSG after Neymar, Mbappe deals
Paris, France | AFP | UEFA opened a “formal investigation” into Paris Saint-Germain on Friday after the French club broke the world transfer record to sign Neymar. European football’s governing body said it would look at whether PSG had violated its Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules. “The investigation will focus …
Read More »Grief-torn Man Utd summon nerve for final test
Stockholm, Sweden | AFP | Manchester United will attempt to put aside their grief on Wednesday in a Europa League final against Ajax scarred by the deadly terror attack in their home city. What should have been a showpiece occasion will instead carry a sombre tone, with players joining together …
Read More »At least 7 football fans electrocuted watching Man Utd on TV in Nigeria
Lagos, Nigeria | AFP | At least seven football fans were killed and 11 injured when an electric cable fell on a building where they were watching a Europa League match, Nigerian police said Friday. The incident happened in the southern port city of Calabar on Thursday during a quarter-final …
Read More »More final misery for Klopp
FULL-TIME: Heartbreak for #LFC as they suffer a 3-1 defeat to Sevilla in the Europa League final pic.twitter.com/KvC8QvJ4pG — Liverpool FC (@LFC) May 18, 2016 Basel, Switzerland | AFP | Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said he will give it “everything I have” to reach another final after collecting his fifth …
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