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Outcasts! The Lands That FIFA Forgot

19 September 2007

 

This is an edited extract of "Outcasts: The Lands That FIFA Forgot", which is published by Know The Score books on September 27. ISBN-10: 1905449313. ISBN-13: 978-1905449316. More details at

 

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Pyramid or Democracy? Alternative ways in European sports policies

09 August 2007

 

When in 2005 the draft of a European Constitution failed, sport was left without any article of its own and, thus, without a legal framework on the EU level. That is why the European Commission started a process to...




European football review will encourage fan ownership of clubs

03 March 2006

The independent review of European football being carried out by former Portuguese sports minister José Luis Arnaut on behalf of EU looks set to increase tensions between governing body UEFA and the continent's major clubs...




The Impact of Champions League on European Clubs: Big Money Talks - Small is Not Beautiful

23 September 2005

The popular perception is that the same clubs from each country compete every year as cash from the Champions League fuels greater domination of domestic European competitions by a handful of clubs. Yet research shows this is not...




Election of New UEFA President Postponed to the Relief of Europe's Minor Nations

23 September 2005

Europe’s minor nations can breathe a sigh of relief as doomsday has been temporarily averted. At the April 2005 congress in Tallin, UEFA changed procedures for replacing President Lennart Johansson. This delayed Franz...




Top Blatter aide fired but keeps 150K pay

26 May 2003

Sepp Blatter's cash-strapped FIFA are in turmoil this week after he sacked one of his closest aides - but agreed to pay his salary, around GBP150,000 a year, until the end of 2006.