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via UEFA UEFA has issued the UEFA EURO 2012 referees a series of guidelines to be followed this summer and reiterated its confidence in the officials' abilities to produce top-class performances in Poland and Ukraine. On Wednesday, UEFA's chief refereeing officer Pierluigi Collina gave a comprehensive rundown at this week's EURO preparatory ...

John Terry has been given the go ahead to lift the trophy if Chelsea win the Champions League. Check out an interview with Rob Faulkner from UEFA after the jump.... (more...)

via UEFA UEFA today announced the extension of its sponsorship agreement with Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) and its brand PlayStation for the UEFA Champions League seasons from 2012 to 2015, and for the UEFA Super Cup in 2012, 2013 and 2014. With the renewal of this agreement, PlayStation will continue its long association with ...

Arsene Wenger has been handed a three-match ban by UEFA relating to his conduct after the Champions League round of 16 defeat against AC Milan earlier in the month. As seen on the Arsenal official team website, Arsenal and Arsene plan to appeal the ruling: "If I am [suspended] then it is not justified and I will appeal straight away," responded ...

via UEFA UEFA has explained its move to centralise media rights for national-team matches at a forum in Manchester. The General Secretary of European football's governing body, Gianni Infantino, and the marketing director of UEFA, Guy-Laurent Epstein, presented the concept at the Soccerex European Forum in the English city. "This will have ...

Europe's leading clubs signed a six-year peace deal with Fifa and Uefa at the latter's annual congress in Istanbul  on Thursday. The landmark agreement gives the clubs greater insurance cover for their players on international duty, a bigger slice of the revenues from the European Championships and more say in the sport's running. "Today is an ...

via UEFA Lisbon's Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica will stage the 2014 finals of the UEFA Champions League. The decisions were made on a busy first day of the UEFA Executive Committee's meeting in Istanbul, and were among several appointments of hosts for a number of club, national team and futsal competitions. Lisbon will hold the European ...

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 ...