European | Hiddink set to return to Chelsea after Russia's World Cup failure
Carlo Ancelotti says he is happy to work with Dutchman
Roberto Mancini favourite to be Russia's new coachGuus Hiddink plans to return to Chelsea as technical director following his failure to guide Russia to the World Cup. Hiddink said yesterday that an announcement on his future cou...
The Guardian |
Europe stunned by football match-rigging bombshell
European football was reeling on Saturday from what one UEFA official called the continent´s worst ever match-fixing scandal, with 200 games under suspicion of having been rigged in nine countries.
SoccerWay |
 | Pick of the week
It was international week and European football produced its fair share of the worthy and unusual. uefa.com gets into a comfy chair and opens up its book of the best stories from the last seven days.
UEFA Europe |
Europe match-fixing probe targets 200 games
In what one UEFA official called European football´s worst ever match-fixing scandal, investigators said Friday criminals may have netted 10 million euros rigging 200 games in nine countries.
SoccerWay |
The Monday Miscellany – World Cup Special
When it was announced that FIFA were seeding the European World Cup play-offs, it was tempting to fear that most of the ties would be settled after one leg. Mercifully, that has not transpired. Only France can feel remotely secure in their position, following their 1-0 win in Dublin thanks ...
Footballing World |
German police reveal European match-fixing probe
Police in Germany and abroad have made several arrests and conducted searches on suspicion of an international illegal betting ring allegedly fixing matches in top European leagues, Bochum prosecutors announced on Thursday.
ESPN Europe |
 | Duisburg up against Arsenal in last eight
European titleholders FCR 2001 Duisburg will take on Arsenal LFC in the March quarter-finals while Montpellier Hérault SC will meet Umeå IK after the draw for the rest of the competition was made.
UEFA |
European match-fixing scandal
BERLIN (Reuters) - Police authorities in several European countries staged raids and arrested 15 people as part of Europe's biggest football match-fixing ring that included some 200 suspected matches.
Yahoo |
Arsenal fullback Gibbs suffers foot injury
LONDON, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Arsenal left back Kieran Gibbs was taken to hospital for an x-ray after hobbling off with a foot injury in the 21st minute of England's goalless European under-21 Championship qualifier in Lithuania on Tuesday.
Reuters |
London caught in match-fixing raids
A Europe-wide investigation into "the biggest match-fixing scandal that European football has ever seen" led to an initial 17 arrests yesterday during raids in four countries, including England, and the seizure of around £900,000 in cash suspected of being gained by illegal means.
The Independent |
The Champions League Draw
Now that the European season is officially underway, the storylines and talking points are coming thick and fast. Last Friday, at another one of its glitzy, unnecessary galas, UEFA performed...
World Soccer |
 | Spain regain leadership from Brazil
The European champions are back on top of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking, moving ahead of Brazil, who had been in pole position since July.
FIFA |
| Pick of the week
It was international week and European football produced its fair share of the worthy and unusual. uefa.com gets into a comfy chair and opens up its book of the best stories from the last seven days.
UEFA |
 | Polonia put Bakero on the spot
José María Bakero won four Spanish titles, the European Champion Clubs' Cup and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup at FC Barcelona, but has a new task as a coach – revitalising KSP Polonia Warszawa.
UEFA Europe |
 | European Leagues preview
Under-pressure sides Liverpool and Bayern Munich face huge tests at home, while Arsenal, Barcelona and Inter Milan have away examinations to pass.
FIFA |
Police stage raids in four countries in betting probe
BOCHUM, Germany (Reuters) - Police in four European countries staged simultaneous raids and arrested 15 people as part of a match-fixing investigation encompassing nine European leagues, Bochum police said on Friday.
Yahoo |
 | Europe hit by 'biggest-ever' match-fixing scandal
Champions League fixtures among games under scrutiny
Arrests made by police in Germany and SwitzerlandAround 200 games across nine countries have been implicated in the biggest match-fixing scandal to hit European football, with German police yesterday warning the cases they had ...
The Guardian |
Greece books ticket to South Africa
The 2004 European champions shocked the Donetsk crowd in Ukraine during the second leg of their World Cup qualifying playoff on Wednesday, winning 1-0 in the match and on aggregate to book a ticket to South Africa in 2010.
CBC.ca |
UEFA overturn Dinamo Zagreb points penalty
Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb on Friday had their Europa League points deduction replaced with a 75,000 euros fine and a three-year suspended ban from European competition.
SoccerWay |
 | What's on uefa.com
uefa.com has interviews with Luis Fabiano and Andriy Shevchenko and training videos spotlighting Petr Čech and Cesc Fàbregas in a week when eight European teams learn their FIFA World Cup fate.
UEFA Europe |
 | Crackdown in Cairo as violence erupts
Rioting sparked by Algeria victory spreads to Egypt
Fans attack embassies in wave of tit-for-tat reprisalsParts of Cairo are under police lockdown amid some of the worst football violence ever seen in the region. More than a thousand security personnel deployed to protect the Alger...
The Guardian |
Rafa happy with Johnson's form
Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez claims Glen Johnson is one of the best full-backs currently playing in European football.
4 the Game |
 | Jong Oranje find Pot of gold
Replacing double European champion Foppe de Haan as Under-21 coach was always going to be a big task, but Cor Pot has risen to the challenge and he has the Netherlands thinking big once again.
UEFA |
 | Astafjevs reflects on European milestone
After becoming the most-capped national team player in Europe with 158 international appearances, Latvia captain Vitālijs Astafjevs, 38, told uefa.com: "I was happy to play the first time."
UEFA Europe |
New match-fixing scandal - 200 matches implicated
Around 200 football matches in nine European countries including at least three Champions League games this season are implicated in a new match-fixing scandal, German prosecutors said on Friday.
SoccerWay |
 | Draws stand in way of City's aspirations
Today's game at Anfield offers Mark Hughes's team the ideal opportunity to break a run of stalematesIf Mark Hughes has learned one thing in the last month, it is exactly what Rafael Benítez and Liverpool learned last season: draws can drag you down. Five draws, which is what Manchester City have ...
The Guardian |
 | Astafjevs to set European record
Latvia captain Vitālijs Astafjevs will become the most-capped player in Europe on Saturday if he represents his country for the 158th time in Honduras. "I will play on as long as I am needed," he said.
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