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Madrid chief Perez attacks UEFA, FIFA, Ballon d'Or

Real Madrid chief Florentino Perez lashed out at various targets during the club's annual general meeting on Sunday including European and world football governing bodies UEFA and FIFA.

'Unpredictable and more interesting' Champions League set to begin

UEFA, the European game's governing body, sensed the need for change at a time when the traditional group stage was becoming more predictable and the continent's biggest clubs were threatening to break away and form their own Super League.

Bigger, better? Draw marks start of Champions League's new era

The draw of the UEFA Champions League for the 2024-2025 season will take place at 10.00pm.

The new UEFA Champions League format explained

The updated version of the Champions League will see 36 clubs feature in the competition proper, an increase from 32 under the old format.

Ronaldo to be honoured as all-time Champions League top scorer

Ronaldo’s achievements in Europe’s premier club competition – accomplished over the course of more than 18 years – will be recognised during the inaugural 2024/25 UEFA Champions League 36-team league phase draw ceremony, which will take place on Thursday 29 August at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.

UEFA begins investigation into Morata, Rodri Euro 2024 celebrations

The players sang "Gibraltar is Spanish" on July 15, the day after they won the European Championship with a 2-1 victory over England in Berlin, during a public celebration in the Spanish capital. Gibraltar is a British territory located at the southern tip of Spain.

FIFA, UEFA 'abused dominant position' on Super League: Spain court

The ruling echoed an earlier one by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) which ordered the two governing bodies "to halt anti-competitive behaviour".

Italy and Germany to have five clubs in 2024-25 Champions League

With the Champions League expanding to 36 teams next season, UEFA said two of the four additional places would be filled by European Performance Spots which go to associations "with the best collective performance by their clubs" in UEFA competitions.

UEFA agree to increase squad size for Euro 2024

UEFA have agreed to increase squad sizes from 23 to 26 players for the Euro 2024 tournament in Germany, European football's governing body said on Friday.

September 10, 2016
September 10, 2016

Blatter faces new FIFA probe

Banned FIFA president Sepp Blatter and his former chief lieutenants are under investigation over illicit bonuses.

September 9, 2016
September 9, 2016

FIFA proposes fine in 2006 WC bid probe

FIFA's ethics committee has recommended former German FA secretary general Helmut Sandrock be fined 50,000 Swiss francs

September 5, 2016
September 5, 2016

German football icon Beckenbauer has bypass surgery

German soccer great Franz Beckenbauer undergoes open heart bypass surgery in an operation scheduled long before Swiss authorities opened criminal proceedings against him last week.

September 2, 2016
September 2, 2016

Swiss launch probe on Kaiser

Authorities in Zurich open criminal proceedings against German soccer great Franz Beckenbauer.

August 27, 2016
August 27, 2016

Top leagues guaranteed four berths

The top four leagues in Europe will be guaranteed four places in the group stage of the Champions League from the 2018/19 season.

July 24, 2016
July 24, 2016

3 candidates to succeed Platini

Three candidates to succeed the disgraced Michel Platini as president of UEFA make the shortlist on Friday for the vote to take place in Athens.

July 10, 2016
July 10, 2016

Sakho doping case dismissed

UEFA has dismissed its doping case against France and Liverpool defender Mamadou Sakho.

July 5, 2016
July 5, 2016

Iceland want more

Gylfi Sigurdsson has promised Iceland will not be content to bask in the glory of their Euro 2016 heroics having had a taste of the highs and lows of tournament football.

June 20, 2016
June 20, 2016

Hungary, Belgium and Portugal charged

UEFA said it is taking disciplinary action against Hungary, Belgium and Portugal after further crowd trouble at three Euro 2016 soccer games on Saturday.

June 18, 2016
June 18, 2016

'Sports terrorists' bring new chaos

Croatian fans who hurled flares on the pitch to halt their country's Euro 2016 match against Czech Republic are branded "sports terrorists" as the showcase tournament suffers new troubles.