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The English Football Association (FA) has reportedly backed out of its bid to host the UEFA Euro 2020 semi-finals and final, following Turkey’s bid for the fixtures today.

The Swiss Football Association (SFV) has put forward Basel as a potential host city for the UEFA Euro 2020 ahead of this week’s deadline for bidding applications.

UEFA has agreed an initial three-year deal with IT supplier SecuTix SA to implement its new ticketing and hospitality system.

The Football Association of the Czech Republic has become the latest national governing body to register interest in hosting UEFA Euro 2020 fixtures.

UEFA has praised its financial fair play (FFP) regulations following a €600 million reduction in the aggregate losses of Europe’s top division clubs in the last financial year.

The German Football Association (DFB) has backed Munich as a potential host city for UEFA Euro 2020 after discarding Berlin’s rival bid.

UEFA president Michel Platini has said the use of goal-line technology has opened a “Pandora's box” in football and encouraged demands for other forms of electronic aids to be used.

Turkish football club Besiktas has been excluded from the Europa League this season after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) upheld a UEFA one-year ban from European competition for match-fixing.

The Bulgarian government has supported a potential bid by capital Sofia to host games at UEFA Euro 2020.

UEFA president Michel Platini has revealed that he is still uncertain over submitting his candidacy to become the next FIFA president when current head Sepp Blatter’s term ends in 2015.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has upheld a UEFA ban for Fenerbahce, ruling the Turkish football club out of all European competitions for the next two years.

Omnicom Media Group’s sport and entertainment agency Fuse has been appointed by smartphone manufacturer HTC to work across its sponsorship of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.

UEFA has disqualified Metalist Kharkiv from the Champions League for match-fixing and may now reinstate Greek club PAOK Thessaloniki as a replacement.

UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino has warned clubs to comply with the body’s financial fair play (FFP) rules ahead of its introduction in the coming season.

UEFA Champions League contender Metalist Kharkiv should find out tomorrow if it will be expelled from the competition over a long-running match-fixing case.

Referee Andranik Arsenyan and assistant Hovhannes Avagyan have been suspended by UEFA for allegedly trying to fix a Europa League match last month.