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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]




Play the Game Champions League Diversity Index

02 September 2010

UEFA’s cash distribution from the Champions League is continuing to help the same clubs monopolise national leagues across Europe according to new research for Play the Game.[more]




Johansson's World Cup

24 June 2010

SANDTON. Every morning at ten Lennart Johansson shuffles for breakfast at the Michelangelo Towers Hotel. He walks with a cane, accompanied by his longtime assistant. His age demands respect. Johansson, whose powerful stature...[more]




Financial Stability Coming to Football?

07 June 2010

With the English Premier League’s debt estimated to be at around £3.4 billion, it is definitely time for measures to be enacted that bring about a change in the landscape of the financial sector of professional football.[more]




Ukranian football – from innovative style of play to political football

02 June 2010

When Norway enters Ullevaal Stadium on 2 June, the task is to beat one of the next host nations of the Euro Cup – that is, if Ukrainian politicians and football authorities are able to meet the demands of UEFA President Michel...[more]




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