Michel Platini

English football at risk from French revolution

When Nicolas Sarkozy, the President of France, addressed the European Parliament on July 10, before assuming control of the presidency of the Council of the European Union, he set out the priorities of his term: dealing with...

Hero Healy has his fill of cheese and onion after bursting the onion bag

Reluctant hero Healy has his fill of cheese and onion after bursting the onion bag The question was innocuous enough, but the response triggered a chain of events that said everything about David Healy's legendary status in his...

Official: Ukraine firm to overhaul stadium for Euro 2012 final

Kiev - A Ukrainian construction firm will likely be named the general contractor for a massive overhaul of the stadium slated to hold the Euro 2012 final, a government official said Tuesday. Three home-grown companies are in...

When Hansen faced Maradona

Alan Hansen moves to tackle Diego Maradona Just under 30 years ago former Scotland international played against current Argentina coach Diego Maradona when the former Argentine striker scored his first goal for his country....

French clubs visit UEFA

UEFA has been explaining its activities and other European football issues to representatives of the union of French professional football clubs, UCPF, in the latest of a series of planned visits by clubs throughout Europe....

English football on a collision course with Uefa president Michel Platini

English football is on a collision course with the rest of Europe over Michel Platini's radical plan to to ban under-18 transfers by the start of next season in order to safeguard youth development. Protecting the young: Michel...

Platini meets Romanian President Băsescu

UEFA President Michel Platini has met Romania's State President Traian Băsescu at the Cotroceni Palace in Bucharest on the second day of his visit to the country for discussions with football and government leaders.

Ukraine, Poland, UEFA show united front on Euro 2012

KIEV, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Senior Ukrainian, Polish and UEFA officials showed a united front on Friday, giving assurances that the two countries will successfully host the Euro 2012 soccer championship. Poland and Ukraine have...

Digger: Football: Fifa and Uefa set for fight over player quotas

Fifa's plans for a "6+5 rule" of quotas for domestically qualified players in clubs' starting line-ups appear more developed than suspected.Hans Klaus, the world governing body's director of communications, said yesterday that...

Bucharest wants to host the UEFA Cup finals in 2012

BUCHAREST, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- Bucharest Mayor Sorin Oprescu assured visiting UEFA president Michel Platini on Thursday that Romania would be able to host the UEFA Cup finals in 2012 at the new National Stadium based in the...

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