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via UEFA UEFA's Appeals Body today partially upheld the decision taken by the UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body against Real Madrid CF and their head coach José Mourinho. The original judgement related to Mourinho's dismissal from the bench and the inappropriate statement made at the post-match press conference of the UEFA Champions League ...

Today it was announced that Xavi Hernández, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were voted as the three finalist in the running for the inaugural 2010/11 UEFA Best Player in Europe Award. The final three will now go into a deciding vote in Monaco during the UEFA Champions League group stage draw on 25 August as the 53 journalists will vote live, via ...

via UEFA At its meeting today in Nyon, the UEFA Appeals Body rejected the appeal lodged by Real Madrid CF against the UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body's decision to dismiss the Spanish club's protest in relation to the UEFA Champions League semi-final first leg between Madrid and FC Barcelona on 27 April. The protest lodged by Madrid was ...

via UEFA The chairman of the UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body, acting as a judge sitting alone, has today decided to dismiss the report made by Real Madrid CF concerning racial abuse against its player Marcelo by FC Barcelona player Sergio Busquets in the UEFA Champions League semi-final first leg between the clubs in Madrid on 27 April, due ...

via UEFA UEFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against FC Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets, who is alleged to have violated Article 11 bis of the UEFA Disciplinary Regulations by directing racist abuse towards a Real Madrid CF player in the UEFA Champions League semi-final first leg between the clubs on 27 April. The proceedings ...

Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has been handed a five-game European ban for his outbursts during the  Champions League semi-final first leg against Barcelona. From realmadrid.com: The UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body has announced to Real Madrid CF its decision to suspend coach Jose Mourinho for five games. The coach has already seen through ...

via UEFA.com UEFA has announced today that the vice-chairman of the UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body, as a judge sitting alone, has rejected both the protests lodged by Real Madrid CF and the complaint made by FC Barcelona following the UEFA Champions League semi-final first leg match between the two clubs last Wednesday. The protests ...

UEFA president Michel Platini thinks that every country should establish legal measures to ban hooligans from stadiums and appoint a specific prosecutor in charge of illegal betting and sporting corruption. "As George Peat and Stewart Regan so rightly put it in a recent statement on behalf of the Scottish association: there is no place in football ...