67 h. ago Liverpool: UEFA 'make punishment decision' for cancelled Champions League press conference

A plane malfunction saw the squad’s departure from Liverpool delayed

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3 d. ago Arsenal vs Atletico Madrid decision made as UEFA appoint referee who sent Gunners player off

Arsenal will be hoping to secure a Champions League win over Atletico Madrid on Tuesday evening as they look to maintain their 100 percent record in the competition this season.

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8 d. ago ‘I can’t keep living like this’: Ali Riley on ending her stellar soccer career

Angel City and New Zealand defender on injury pain, losing her childhood home in LA’s wildfires and why the sport needs to talk more about IVFUnder a blazing-hot sun, among a crowd of 90,185 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on 10 July 1999, an 11-year-old girl was standing behind the goal where Brandi Chastain struck the penalty that won the World Cup for the United States, soaking in pure inspiration. Ali Riley, now 37, captain of New Zealand and a veteran of five World Cup campaigns, looks back on witnessing that moment in person and says: “That made me want to be a strong woman that could show her abs in front of the entire world and be on the front page of a newspaper. I think about how uncool it was to be good at sports, back then, and that moment was pivotal for me to see those women do what they did and be celebrated for it.”On Sunday it will be Riley being celebrated at what is being billed as her farewell match at her home-town club Angel City, who named her as their first capt...

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1 week ago Fifa seeks advice over banning league games staged overseas amid regulations redraft

Rules could be updated for the first time since 2014La Liga and Serie A set to play in Miami and PerthFifa has begun redrafting its regulations on staging domestic league games in foreign countries and is seeking legal advice over whether it can ban them. World football’s governing body would like to outlaw the practice but will be guided by legal opinion in its first review of the relevant regulations for 11 years.A source involved in the process said Fifa was working towards making its rulebook more robust with a view to new regulations being ready early next year. This week Uefa blamed the “relevant Fifa regulatory framework” for its decision to allow Villarreal v Barcelona to take place in Miami in December and Milan v Como to go ahead in Perth in February. That is understood to have caused considerable irritation at Fifa because under existing regulations it is not their decision to make. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Edinburgh consultancy to help global fashion industry tackle ‘time of reckoning’

“The fashion industry is facing one of its toughest periods of the last few decades. Our goal is to help fashion brands through those challenges by accelerating change and innovation.” – Nick Sherrard

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2 w. ago Uefa gives ‘reluctant’ approval for domestic games to be played abroad this season

Governing body says go-ahead shouldn’t set precedentBarcelona poised to play in US and Milan in AustraliaUefa has given its “reluctant” approval to Serie A and La Liga each playing a domestic game abroad this season. The decision clears a path for Barcelona and Villarreal to meet in Miami in December and for Milan and Como to play in Perth, Australia, in February. Uefa said in a statement that it had “reiterated its clear opposition to domestic league matches being played outside their home country” but that because “the relevant Fifa regulatory framework – currently under review – is not clear and detailed enough, the Uefa Executive Committee has reluctantly taken the decision to approve, on an exceptional basis, the two requests referred to it”.The move comes after the Italian and Spanish football federations applied for those matches to be played abroad. Uefa said its national associations had agreed to engage with it before submitting any future requests. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Callum McGregor reveals Celtic overnight hope as he's convinced about one aspect of disallowed goal

The skipper cut a frustrated figure as Celts slumped to a woeful 2-0 home defeat to a mediocre Braga side

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3 w. ago Disallowed Celtic goal branded worst VAR decision 'ever' as UEFA told to show their working

Sky Sports pundit Jay Bothroyd is adamant there's only one reason why Kelechi Iheanacho goal was ruled out

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3 w. ago Celtic bemoan VAR malfunction as fans break ceasefire and one player reminds he is not long

Confusion over disallowed goal as Celtic crash to Europa League defeat

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3 w. ago Uefa puts Israel vote on hold after Donald Trump’s proposed peace plan

National federations accept decision to pause Israel banMaccabi Tel Aviv due to face Dinamo Zagreb on ThursdayUefa has paused plans to ban Israel from European football after the announcement of Donald Trump’s proposed peace plan for the region.Expectation had been growing of a decisive intervention by Uefa this week, amid growing pressure within football and from outside groups, including the United Nations. But Trump’s announcement of his plan in a joint press conference with Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on Monday put any measures on hold. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Arne Slot makes big Liverpool decision after UEFA approve Federico Chiesa Champions League squad request

Liverpool boss has sprung a surprise ahead of the Champions League showdown with Galatasaray

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4 w. ago UEFA and FIFA on collision course over Israel decision after Donald Trump call

A panel of United Nations advisers has called on UEFA to suspend Israel, after a UN Commission of Inquiry decided the nation is committing genocide in Gaza

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4 w. ago Trump steps in to stop Israel being banned from Wold Cup as UEFA members set to vote

Uefa is set to make a decision next week on whether to suspend Israel, similar to how Russia was banned from international football tournaments since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine

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4 w. ago Trump steps in to stop Israel being banned from World Cup as UEFA members set to vote

Uefa is set to make a decision next week on whether to suspend Israel, similar to how Russia was banned from international football tournaments since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine

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