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| Europe's leading
coaches are in favour of the experiment with two extra linesmen
behind the goals and prefer it to the use of goal-line
technology, UEFA said on Thursday.
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| Europe's top club coaches are backing UEFA's decision to use five match officials in the Champions League. They gave their support Thursday, two weeks before teams such as defending champion Inter Milan, Manchester United and Barcelona play matches for the first time under the experimental system that adds an extra assistant behind each goal to help referees make decisions. |
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| UEFA has fined Debrecen ?15,000 ($19,200) for fielding an ineligible player in the Europa League, but rejected a protest by opponent Litex Lovech to kick the Hungarians out of the competition. UEFA says its disciplinary panel agreed that Peter Mate should not have played last Thursday in the second leg of the playoffs. |
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| Vuvuzelas have been kicked out of
European competition after UEFA said that the plastic trumpets
drowned out supporters and detracted from the emotion of the
game.
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| UEFA has banned fans from bringing vuvuzelas into stadiums for European Championship and Champions League matches. UEFA says the plastic trumpets "are not appropriate in Europe" because they drown out fans' traditional songs and emotional responses to action on the field. UEFA says all 53 European soccer nations have been told to enforce the ban at national team and club competition... |
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| Sevilla striker Luis Fabiano has agreed to a two-year contract extension that should keep the Brazil striker at the Spanish club through the 2012-2013 season. Luis Fabiano has been a mainstay of Sevilla's attack since arriving from FC Porto in 2005, and helped the Andalucian club to two UEFA Cups and a European Supercup. |
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| Italian subject of abuse from supporters while at Inter. |
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| European soccer officials are calling on lawmakers to help protect the game by adopting legislation against match-fixing and corrupt betting. The strategy council for UEFA, European soccer's governing body, is calling for a zero-tolerance approach to players, referees and officials involved in match-fixing. |
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| European football leaders are calling on lawmakers to help protect the game by adopting legislation against match-fixing and corrupt betting. UEFA's strategy council is calling for a zero-tolerance approach to players, referees and officials involved in match-fixing. UEFA is helping anti-corruption police in Bochum, Germany, investigate Europe's biggest-ever football scandal that put more... |
