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via UEFA The Swiss Competition Commission (COMCO) in Berne has informed UEFA that, on the basis of the information gathered, it considers itself to be in a position to rule on the complaint filed by Swiss club FC Sion on 27 October 2011, alleging that UEFA had committed an abuse of a dominant position. The secretariat of the Competition ...

via UEFA UEFA President Michel Platini today handed over a cheque for €500,000 from UEFA to the Japan Football Association (JFA) president Junji Ogura on the occasion of the FIFA Executive Committee meeting in Tokyo. The presentation of the cheque is a further symbol of UEFA's support for the Japanese people following the terrible damages ...

via UEFA UEFA today announced the extension of its long-term partnership with adidas for the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League competitions together with an agreement for the UEFA Super Cup. The six-year deal will see adidas, the official Supplier Partner, further strengthening its successful association with each of the competitions ...

via UEFA The UEFA Appeals Body has reduced a suspension imposed on England striker Wayne Rooney at a hearing in Nyon. The Appeals Body today decided that the player's red card during the UEFA EURO 2012 qualifier in Montenegro on 7 October should incur a two-match suspension, with a further one-game ban for UEFA national team competition ...

via Guardian Michel Platini, the president of Uefa, believes the 2022 World Cup in Qatar should be held in the winter to ensure fans were not dissuaded from travelling by the country's searing summer temperatures. He also suggested that Europe's clubs should not stand in the way of such a demand. In an interview with al-Jazeera, Platini said he ...

UEFA - Celtic Fans Used 'Discriminatory Chants' via DailyMail Celtic could face UEFA sanctions after police raised concerns over chants sung by supporters during their recent Europa League game against Rennes at Parkhead. It is understood that Strathclyde Police made the UEFA delegate aware of what they termed 'offensive' singing during ...

via Guardian The Uefa president, Michel Platini, has launched a passionate defence of the court of arbitration for sport's role in football. On Tuesday Cas set a date of 24 November for their hearing into the dispute between Uefa and Sion, who have responded to their exclusion from the Europa League by mounting a campaign through the civil court in ...

UEFA Announces EURO 2012 Will Be Smoke Free via UEFA UEFA announced today that it will enforce a complete ban on the use, sale or promotion of tobacco in all stadiums involved in UEFA EURO 2012. The regulation will apply without exception to all spaces within stadium perimeters, both indoors and outdoors. This tobacco-free policy was ...