Our View: It’s a ‘fixed’ game in football finances
Nobody would have been surprised to hear the latest twist in the saga of the football clubs, which had the Cyprus Football Association (CFA) certifying that all of them satisfied ...
‘We feel deceived’: row over football clubs wriggling out of paying back taxes
The government and the Cyprus Football Association (CFA) clashed on Monday over who is to blame after the CFA had informed European football governing body Uefa that all of Cyprus’ ...
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Ex-Fifa chief Blatter and Platini cleared in corruption case
Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter and France soccer great Michel Platini were both cleared of corruption charges by a Swiss court on Tuesday, two and a half years after they ...
Real Madrid first club to generate €1 billion revenue in a season, Deloitte says
Real Madrid became the first soccer team to register €1 billion ($1.04 billion) in revenue in a single season in 2023-24, with the Spanish side topping the Deloitte Football Money League as ...
Uefa, Fifa join in as CFA celebrates 90 years with football event
The Cyprus Football Association (CFA) celebrated its 90th anniversary on Tuesday evening with an event in Limassol, in the presence of Uefa president Aleksander Čeferin and with a message from ...
European leagues, players’ union lash out at Fifa’s calendar ‘abuse’
A players’ union, the European leagues’ group and Spain’s LaLiga accused Fifa of “abuse” on Monday as they filed a joint complaint about the governing body’s international match ...
UEFA boss Ceferin will not stand for re-election in 2027
The head of European soccer’s governing body UEFA, Aleksander Ceferin, said on Thursday that he would not stand for re-election in 2027 for family reasons, even though an amendment had ...
UEFA’s Ceferin calls on Europe to end “cancer” of soccer violence
UEFA president Alexander Ceferin urged Europe on Wednesday to help eliminate hooliganism, which he called “the cancer of football”, days after a man was killed in clashes before a match ...
No plans to move Champions League final from Istanbul, says UEFA
The 2023 Champions League final will be held in Istanbul, UEFA said in a statement on Friday that discounted reports they were considering moving the game due to political unrest.
“UEFA ...
UEFA president warns clubs against ‘reckless’ spending on player wages
UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin warned that many European clubs are “compromising their economic sustainability” due to ever-increasing player wages which have risen on average by 16% compared to pre-pandemic levels.
Europe’...
UEFA president Ceferin to stand for re-election in 2023
Aleksander Ceferin will stand for a third term as president of UEFA when it holds its congress in Portugal next year, European soccer‘s governing body said on Saturday.
The ...
UEFA to move Champions League final from Russia
UEFA will move this year’s Champions League final from St Petersburg in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a source with knowledge of the situation told Reuters ...
Limassol football teams accept smaller capacity stadium
The new Limassol football stadium is being completed as planned, government said on Monday, adding the three Limassol teams are willing to follow new Uefa specifications for wider spacing between ...
UEFA scraps away goals rule in all club competitions
European soccer‘s governing body UEFA said on Thursday it had approved a proposal to remove the away goals rule from all its club competitions involving men’s, women’s ...
Germany’s health minister angered by UEFA decision on stadium lighting
German health minister Jens Spahn has been angered by what he slammed as a “very irritating” UEFA decision to stop Munich’s Allianz Arena being lit in rainbow colours for ...
UEFA prohibits ‘rainbow’ protest at Germany vs Hungary game
UEFA has refused a request from Munich’s mayor for the stadium to be lit in rainbow colours for Germany’s Euro 2020 match against Hungary on Wednesday in protest at ...