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New player contract agreement for European football

23 April 2012

Last week, UEFA, the European Professional Football Leagues (EPFL), the European Club Association (ECA) and the players union FIFPro Division Europe agreed on a "historic" agreement set to ensure minimum standards for...[more]




Middle Eastern buying spree changes European soccer landscape

13 April 2012

Alongside their successful bids for high profiled sports events, Qatar and other Gulf states are gaining an increasing influence in European football through their acquisition of European soccer clubs, broadcasting rights and...[more]




Financial Fair Play in the Premier League?

30 March 2012

In a session on Financial Management of Clubs at the Soccerex conference in Manchester, UK, Trevor Birch, a former chief executive of five top English clubs, argued that UEFA's Financial Fair Play rules would create a more level...[more]




UEFA gives ground to Gibraltar's fight to join international football

23 March 2012

Gibraltar's wish to join UEFA as a full member has always been opposed by Spain. But now UEFA is giving way to discussions, reports Steve Menary.[more]




On the eve of Financial Fair Play, 55 percent of clubs post a loss

05 October 2011

UEFA revealed fresh details on the woeful state of European club football to Play the Game ahead of the introduction of the new Financial Fair Play measure that aims to curb the game’s endemic losses.[more]




Council of Europe adopts recommendation on match-fixing

29 September 2011

The Council of Europe has adopted a recommendation to its member states against match-fixing and other sorts of manipulation of sports results.[more]




Financial Fair Play – a necessary evil?

21 June 2011

The new UEFA concept of Financial Fair Play is blurry and mounts the risk of court cases, according to leading sport economic, Professor Stefan Szymanski from the CASS Business School in London. Others do not see any good...[more]




Top speakers announced for Challenges for Football conference

31 May 2011

The conference taking place during the U/21 UEFA Championships has now released its programme featuring top speakers from UEFA, UK Premier League and many other football stakeholders.[more]




Financial Fair Play rules not yet ‘set in stone’

31 March 2011

UEFA expressed concerns that club losses could rise by 50 per cent in 2010 when their regulation to stop clubs’ overspending, Financial Fair Play, was discussed at the SoccerEx Forum in Manchester.[more]




UEFA tightens club requirements

17 January 2011

UEFA has strengthened the new rules of economic fairness and threatens economically irresponsible clubs with sanctions. At the same time a new UEFA report documents record losses in Europe's top clubs.[more]




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