Uefa

Sportfive has become the first international sales agent appointed by Uefa for corporate hospitality at its Euro 2016 national team football tournament.

Uefa president Michel Platini has said Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations have served to reduce the cumulative losses of Europe’s top clubs by more than 50 per cent, adding that European football’s governing body will hold a meeting to discuss the current situation in Russia and Ukraine on September 18.

Since its inception in the early 1990s, European football’s Champions League has become one of the most successful and well-known brands not just in sport, but the corporate world. We look at its journey.

Michel Platini has announced he will not compete against Sepp Blatter for the presidency of football’s global governing body Fifa and will instead seek re-election as Uefa president.

Major sports event hosting could be on the cusp of a revolution if UEFA’s multi-host format for Euro 2020 is successful. This month, the governing body for European football will vote on which 13 cities will hosts the flagship international tournament, and Owen Evans met UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino last month to get his take on the opportunities and challenges for the hosting concept.

Fifa president Sepp Blatter has announced goal-line technology (GLT) will be used at Uefa Euro 2016, although European football’s governing body is remaining coy on the matter.

Former Uefa general secretary and Scottish Football Association (SFA) chief executive David Taylor has died at the age of 60.

The match-fixing scandal which has rocked Turkish football is set to be reopened after an Istanbul court ordered the retrial of several convicted persons in the case, including Fenerbahce chairman Aziz Yildirim.

Uefa president Michel Platini has stated he will no longer support Fifa counterpart Sepp Blatter and will make a decision over whether to run for the top job in world football before the draw for the 2014-15 Champions League on August 28.

Serbian football club Red Star Belgrade has been banned from participating in the Uefa Champions League next season, while two Turkish clubs have also been barred from competing in the Europa League.

Uefa president Michel Platini has claimed attempts are being made to “tarnish” his reputation by linking him to the corruption allegations surrounding Qatar’s successful bid to host the 2022 Fifa World Cup national team football tournament.

European football’s governing body Uefa has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Europol, the European Union’s joint police body, in an effort to strengthen its campaign to combat match-fixing in the sport.

The European Club Association (ECA), the independent representative body for European football clubs, has appointed Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu to its executive board.

The European Commission (EC) has rejected a legal challenge to the Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules that have been implemented by football’s European governing body Uefa.

European football’s governing body Uefa has appointed the IMG Licensing division of the IMG agency as master licensee for all of its national team competitions until 2017.

English and French champions Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) have agreed settlements with Uefa involving €60m ($83.4m) fines for breaching Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations, but maintained their unhappiness at the assessment of their financial status by football’s European governing body.