The UEFA President Michel Platini expressed his admiration for Ukraine’s preparation to host EURO 2012 championship. Platini, together with the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych participated in the opening ceremony of the new international terminal at the Lviv Danylo Halytskyi airport. “It is astounding what a small football can do. What has been done in [ Read More ]
UEFA President, Michel Platini and INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble identified a number of areas for co-operation between the two organisations in tackling football-related crimes, including match-fixing and violence in stadiums during a meeting at UEFA headquarters. Mr Platini and Mr Noble agreed to work on a memorandum of understanding to be signed in [ Read More ]
Meeting at the Home of FIFA in Zurich, the FIFA Executive Committee has unanimously adopted the following resolution, in relation with the case of the Swiss club FC Sion/Olympique des Alpes SA (OLA). FIFA Vice-President and UEFA President Michel Platini declined to participate to this decision due to his involvement in the case and left [ Read More ]
UEFA President Michel Platini has gathered further EU support for the fight against match-fixing at an informal EU sport ministers’ meeting in Krakow. The two-day meeting is a key step on the Polish EU presidency agenda, whose aim is to have combating match-fixing included in the EU Council conclusions later this year. This would be [ Read More ]
UEFA congratulated the Council of Europe for approving a landmark recommendation on combating match-fixing in sport. UEFA President Michel Platini delivered a keynote speech right after the vote in Strasbourg. Commenting on the result of the vote, President Platini said: “I am delighted to see European politicians taking the threat match-fixing poses to sport seriously. [ Read More ]
Based on an initiative of the UEFA President, Michel Platini, aimed at reviving the spirit of the old European Footballer of the Year award, UEFA, in partnership with the European Sports Media (ESM), have launched the award of the UEFA Best Player in Europe. The ceremony will take place in Monaco on Thursday 25 August [ Read More ]
