By Andrew Warshaw in Paris
March 22 – Michel Platini began his second term in charge of UEFA today by launching a savage attack on the re-emergence of football hooliganism, saying he was “sick” of what was going on some parts of the continent.
By Andrew Warshaw in Paris
March 22 – It came right at the end of end of his address to the great and good of European football and could easily have been construed as a throwaway line.
March 6 – FIFA has told the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) that it must urgently update the status of its clubs, athletes, coaches and associations, or face a ban from international competitions.
February 24 – UEFA chief Michel Platini has warned Belgrade its national squad and teams could be banned from international competitions if Serbia does not root out violence among football supporters.
By Andrew Warshaw
February 22 – The leading Spanish clubs generated more revenue from the sale of merchandising than their English counterparts in 2009-10 despite the Premier League’s global appeal, according to a report published by Sport+Markt and PR Marketing.
By Andrew Warshaw
February 8 – Former Football Association chairman Lord Triesman today hit back at his former employers saying the way the game is run in England is completely unsatisfactory.
January 28 – Euro 2012 co-hosts Ukraine have been given a week to resolve a row over Government interference or be banned from international football, UEFA warned today.
January 28 – German football federation (DFB) President Theo Zwanziger (pictured) will be unopposed to fill the place on the FIFA ruling Executive Committee created by the decision of Franz Beckenbauer to step down.
January 27 – The Football Association’s new chairman David Bernstein will play the leading role in finding Fabio Capello’s successor after it was announced he is to take over as chairman of Club England.
By Andrew Warshaw
January 25 – David Bernstein (pictured) was formally voted in as the new chairman of the Football Association today after the full FA Council rubber-stamped the appointment of the former Wembley stadium boss.
By Mike Rowbottom
January 21 – Manchester United, managed by Sir Alex Ferguson (pictured) for 25 years, has the most stable squad in Europe, according to a new survey of the 36-member national associations of UEFA.
January 19 – Vauxhall Motors has made football history by becoming the first organisation ever to sign title partnership agreements with all four football associations of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.
By Mike Rowbottom
January 19 – Ukrainian referee Oleg Oriekhov (pictured) has been banned for life after being found guilty in the Court of Arbitration for Sport of having links with a criminal match-fixing gang before and after last season’s UEFA Europa League match between FC Basel and CSKA Sofia.
By Andrew Warshaw in Nyon
January 11 – UEFA President Michel Platini (pictured) today issued his strongest warning to date that clubs who recklessly overspend risk being heavily sanctioned until and unless they get their houses in order.
By Andrew Warshaw
December 23 – Michel Platini is to stay in charge of UEFA for another four years after no other candidate came forward to challenge him by last night’s deadline.