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Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini today (Monday) came out fighting against their eight-year bans handed out by Fifa’s Ethics Committee, with the Fifa president describing himself as a “punching ball” and the Uefa leader, previously regarded as Blatter’s heir apparent, labelling proceedings “a true mockery.”

The lawyer for Uefa president Michel Platini has hit out at the “total lack of credibility” of Fifa’s Ethics Committee after disclosing that it has requested a life ban for the French official, a move that would rule him out of the race to succeed Sepp Blatter as head of world football.

Uefa general secretary Gianni Infantino and Liberian Football Association president Musa Bility became the latest officials to formally declare applications for the Fifa presidency on Monday afternoon, ahead of today’s deadline for submissions to become the next leader of world football’s governing body.

Football’s European governing body Uefa has released the seventh edition of its licensing benchmarking report, detailing “huge” growth in both club revenue and wages over the past 20 years.

Uefa has rallied behind its president Michel Platini by stating he will not be replaced as the head of European football’s governing body and offering its backing to the Frenchman in an appeal process against the suspension handed out by Fifa.

Uefa president Michel Platini has stressed he is “still determined” to run for the top job in world football, adding there is “no doubt” about his integrity amid the attention currently being focused on the 2011 payment of CHF2m (€1.83m/$2.06m) that the Frenchman received from Fifa.

Uefa president Michel Platini has stressed he has not been accused of any wrongdoing and has offered to speak to Fifa’s Ethics Committee to help resolve any issues in connection to the 2011 payment of CHF2m (€1.83m/$2.06m) that he received from world football’s governing body.

Uefa president Michel Platini has maintained that politics will play a lesser role at Fifa should he be elected as the next leader of world football’s governing body.

Football’s European governing body Uefa has discussed the possibility of creating a third club competition to complement the Champions League and Europa League.

Uefa president Michel Platini has said his current term in office will be his final one, should he fail to be elected as head of world football’s governing body next year.

Uefa has requested that Fifa investigate an “alleged smear campaign” against the president of European football’s governing body, Michel Platini.

European football’s governing body Uefa has claimed a key victory in its ongoing efforts to enforce its Financial Fair Play (FFP) system after stating that the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has thrown out a legal challenge against the measures.

Audience ratings and trends for major events in 2014-15 including the Fifa World Cup, Winter Olympics, Tour de France and more, with data from Eurodata TV Worldwide.The Fifa World Cup 2014 generated the largest average audience for a major international sports event (as opposed to domestic leagues and competitions) in four of the five major European markets in 2014-15. 

Uefa, football’s European governing body, has lifted a number of restrictions from Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain after both clubs were able to meet its Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules.

UEFA has found a way to better understand its fanbase through a market segmentation campaign. Matt Cutler reports.

European football’s governing body Uefa has awarded the 2017 Champions League final to the Welsh capital, Cardiff, while the Swedish municipality of Solna will host the 2016-17 finale of the Europa League.