The Football Association gave official support for Aleksander Ceferin to be re-elected Uefa president and sent a written endorsement just three weeks after Uefa’s catastrophic organisation of the Champions League final in May. Senior FA officials including the chair, Debbie Hewitt, were at the final between Liverpool and Real Madrid
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Lawyers threaten Uefa with legal action unless it compensates Liverpool fans
Lawyers representing more than 800 Liverpool supporters who suffered injury and trauma in the chaos of the Champions League final last May have formally written to Uefa threatening to take legal action unless full compensation is paid. Leigh Day, one of the three firms who are representing almost 3,000 people caught
Champions League report vindicates everything we Liverpool fans fought for | Daniel Austin
A stain on France: police brutality against football fans has become systemic
Uefa’s report on last season’s Champions League final is impressively uncompromising. It was, it said, “through no merit of those in charge” that another Hillsborough was avoided. “The Préfecture de Police were in effect acting unilaterally to direct supporters toward an entry point that would be unable to cope with
PSG and Basaksehir players unite against racism before Neymar hits treble
Players and officials united to take a stand against racism in the Parc des Princes on Wednesday, as the postponed Champions League fixture between Paris Saint-Germain and Istanbul Basaksehir was resolved resoundingly in favour of the French side. A Neymar hat-trick in a 5-1 romp meant PSG claimed top spot
Scrapping two-leg ties could be future of Champions League, says Uefa
The Uefa president, Aleksander Ceferin, said the single-game knockout format used in the Champions League from the quarter-finals onwards has produced more exciting football than the usual two-leg games and could be revisited. The format was changed to allow the competition to be completed in a shorter time after the Covid-19
Manchester City v Uefa final score: New Money 1 Old Money 0 (aet) | Barney Ronay
Ramifications of City’s two-year ban may be seismic – not least for Uefa
Perhaps all declarations of war seem slightly underwhelming in tone. Perhaps when the consequences are potentially so huge, there is no need for bombast. But, make no mistake, the drily legalistic statement Uefa released on Friday evening announcing Manchester City’s two-year ban from the Champions League for breaches of financial
Manchester City’s Cas appeal against Uefa FFP referral likely to fail
Manchester City’s appeal to the court of arbitration for sport against the referral of the club to Uefa’s financial fair play disciplinary body looks likely to fail because Uefa’s rules do not allow for an appeal against such a referral. The Uefa rules governing the club financial control body (CFCB), which