Tag: UEFA
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Real Madrid, Liverpool know opponents as UEFA holds Champions League draws today
This season’s champions League draws will be conducted today as 32 teams drawn from different leagues across Europe will be grouped into 8 with four slugging it out per group. The winner and the runners -up will proceed to the second round while the third placed team will graduate to the Europa league.
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UEFA to sanction Barcelona, PSG , others for Breach of Financial Fair Play
Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus, and seven other club sides in Europe will be sanctioned by UEFA for non-compliance with Financial Fair Play in the 2020/2021 campaign. The season in which the irregularities regarding economic control were committed coincides with the arrival and explosion of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Benzema tops UEFA player of the year award list
Karim Benzema, Thibaut Courtois, and Kevin De Bruyne are the top three contenders for the UEFA Men’s Player of the Year award, the European ruling body said on Friday. The winner will be announced during the 2022-23 Champions League group stage draw ceremony in Istanbul on Aug. 25.
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UEFA announces new offside tech for upcoming Champions League
The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has announced that a new offside technology known as Semi-Automated Offside Technology (SAOT) would be used in the upcoming Champions League season.
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Police arrest 68 amid UEFA Champions League final chaos in Paris
Police in Paris said that 68 people were arrested in the French capital after the UEFA Champions League final match, which saw Real Madrid defeat Liverpool 1-0 on Saturday. In the early hours of Sunday, the Paris Police Prefecture said that it carried out 68 arrests in connection to the match.
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Mourinho gives emotional speech after Conference League victory
Roma coach Jose Mourinho gave an emotional speech after winning the Europa Conference League final in Tirana. Roma defeated Feyenoord 1-0 in Tirana thanks to Nicolo Zaniolo’s winner. “There are so many things going through my head. So many things at the same time,” said Mourinho.
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Mourinho makes history as Roma win first major European trophy
Roma won their first major European trophy by beating Feyenoord in the inaugural Europa Conference League final. Jose Mourinho’s first season in charge of the Italians ended with a trophy after Nicolo Zaniolo chested down Gianluca Mancini’s lofted pass before beating goalkeeper Justin Bijlow with a clever flick.
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UEFA set to review Champions League format
UEFA has concluded plans to adjust the Champions League format for clubsides to accomodate more clubsides. The expansion will increase participating teams from 32 to 36 teams. This format if officially approved could see the English Premier league presenting 5 clubsides in the group stage of the elite competition.
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Barca, Real Madrid, Juventus could still be sanctioned – UEFA
UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin says FC Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus could yet face sanctions for refusing to back down in their idea of forming a Super League. The three were the only founding clubs not to renounce the widely-derided Super League after the breakaway project’s collapse in April 2021. Last month, a Madrid court…
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Manchester City beat Real Madrid 4-3 in UEFA Champions League semi-final thriller
Manchester City were two goals up on three occasions before beating Real Madrid 4-3 in a UEFA Champions League thriller on Tuesday, a result which leaves the tie wide open.