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UEFA EURO 2012 Final Draw Ceremony

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FC Barcelona v FC Porto - UEFA Super Cup

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Cesc Fabregas, David Villa, Lionel Messi, Daniel Alves, Andres Iniesta

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Preliminary Draw of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil

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Joseph S. Blatter, Ronaldo, Ricardo Teixeira, Pele, Joao Havelange

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Germany v Canada: Group A - FIFA Women's World Cup 2011

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Celia Okoyino da Mbabi, Kerstin Garefrekes, Christian Wulff, Kaylyn Kyle, Carolina Morace

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Platini rejects goal-line technology

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UEFA president Michel Platini spoke of his preference for human eyes over technology during the European football governing body's Executive Committee meeting here on Thursday. Earlier this week, FIFA president Sepp Blatter gave his backing to goal-line technology but Platini remained steadfast in his opposition to the idea, claiming UEFA's solution of putting two extra officials behind the goal was preferable to going down the route of electronic aids. Blatter, however, said the extra...Read Full Story

Video 'shows ex-FIFA official discussing payments'

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A video that appears to show former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner telling Caribbean officials how to deal with cash gifts from Mohamed Bin Hammam was published by a British newspaper on Wednesday. The Daily Telegraph posted footage of the May 11 meeting of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) on its website, which shows Warner advising delegates how to handle cash offered by Bin Hammam ahead of his ill-fated FIFA election bid. Asian Football Confederation (AFC) chief Bin Hammam was later...Read Full Story

Platini wants EU protection for UEFA

By teamlally on | From sportetcitoyennete.blogactiv.eu

UEFA president Michel Platini says he wants the European Union to protect his organisation against court cases brought by clubs. Platini is pushing through financial fair-play rules for European competition next season that will oblige teams to stop operating at a loss, or face exclusion. And he wants protection from the European Commission (EC) in order to prevent teams excluded from European competition from suing UEFA. Already this season UEFA has barred FC Sion from the Europa...Read Full Story

Financial fair-play rules are necessary, says Michel Platini

By mcaparrotta on | From thesportreview.com

Uefa president Michel Platini insists the European governing body’s financial fair-play regulations are a necessary measure to prevent football from “heading into bankruptcy”. European clubs will not be allowed to spend more than the income they generate from the football side of their business. The financial years ending 2012 and 2013 will be the first to be scrutinised by Uefa, with clubs being warned to balance their books or face expulsion from European competitions. “If it...Read Full Story

Valcke confirms sending Warner contentious email

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ZURICH ( Reuters ) - FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke said on Monday that an email he sent to FIFA vice-president Jack Warner suggesting the 2022 World Cup was "bought" by Qatar was genuine. The email was made public by an angry Warner soon after he was banned from all football related activity by FIFA's ethics committee on Sunday. At the time the email was sent on May 18, Mohamed Bin Hammam of Qatar, the president of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) was still standing against Sepp...Read Full Story

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Apoel Nicosia's Champions League run is not all down to Michel Platini...

The Cypriot champions are now so strong they might have qualified to face Lyon without the Uefa president's rule changesThe Cypriot village of Mosfiloti houses a shrine to Michel Platini. Part restaurant and part museum, the House of Platini is owned by Philippos Stavrou whose collection of 10,000 photographs and 700 posters of the former France and Juventus playmaker turned Uefa president elevates hero worship to a whole new level. Stavrou's...

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CSKA Sofia to Sell Michel Platini to Dinamo Bucharest

Bulgarian CSKA Sofia's Brazilian forward Michel Platini Mesquita is to be transfered to Romanian Dinamo Bucuresti, according to reports from the Romanian press. According to ProSport, CSKA and Dinamo have already reached an agreement to transfer the Brazilian for EUR 0.5 M. ...

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: UEFA President Platini Gives Interview on Sion Affair...

UEFA President Michel Platini gives a wide-ranging interview to the German publication Der Spiegel on a number of topics. On the FC Sion affair, in which UEFA has decided to deliberately ignore a court order reinstating Sion in the Europa League, Platini is asked, "How is it that you can simply ignore a court's ruling?" He replies: "The prosecutor will pose that question to me on October 19 (see and ). I can't talk about it now." He also...

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October 19, 2011: Swiss Prosecutor Interviews UEFA Officials Platini...

A Swiss prosecutor interviews UEFA president Michel Platini and general secretary Gianni Infantino over the FC Sion case. UEFA threw Sion out of the Europa League for breaching a transfer ban , but this led to a legal dispute and Sion filed a criminal complaint against UEFA, which is the reason for the interview . Details of what is said in the interview are unknown.

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