Uefa

“You play like wild pigs”

Slovenia’s women’s national team has had enough of their coaching staff and the association’s leadership. In an open letter to the Slovenian FA they detail the bullying, inappropriate language, sexism, racism and body-shaming they have faced.

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4 September, 2023

Fixers’ paradise

Criminals are exploiting lack of regulation of friendly matches and targeting new regions and different clubs in countries where these matches have been previously manipulated but not investigated.

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28 August, 2023

Coronation, crime and corruption

The King of Cypriot football has been crowned – again. Like all coronations, there is no rival but the game is far from healthy in the realm of Giorgos Koumas, under whose presidency the failings of the Cyprus Football Association (CFA) were mercilessly exposed before he was re-elected unopposed.

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13 July, 2023

The smile Lukashenko couldn’t wipe

Footballer and journalist Aleksiander Ivulin spent two years in prison for ‘protests’. Despite human rights abuses of its citizens, including footballers, and state interference of the Belarusian Football Federation, Uefa and Fifa have not banned the country from international play. In fact, the Lukashenko-run federation’s biggest source of income is Uefa and Fifa funding.

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12 April, 2023

Match-fixing heaven

Close to a thousand semi-professional and youth football matches from Europe are available for live-betting on a typical weekend, an audit of the global betting industry has found.

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15 June, 2022

Uefa turns a blind eye to Belarus plight

Three times Uefa has rejected a submission to investigate state interference in Belarusian football, neglecting evidence of human rights abuse, threats, torture and political appointment of officials.

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13 December, 2021

Infantino’s double game

In public, Gianni Infantino has disowned the doomed European Super League project. But a confidential document seen by Josimar strongly suggests that, in private, he has encouraged it, and that Fifa has been playing a double game all along in order to extend its control over world football and weaken its greatest counter-power, UEFA.

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12 May, 2021

Slam Uefa over Belarus decision

Uefa awarded brutal dictator Alexander Lukashenko the hosting rights of the 2025 women’s U19 European Championship. According to Amnesty International, the government of Belarus is violating human rights on a scale not witnessed since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Authorities persecute footballers who demand democracy.

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4 May, 2021

Stranger than fiction

He’s the head of the central bank in Finland and a rising hawk within the EU. So why is Olli Rehn, the vice president of Fifa’s governance committee, risking his reputation by publicly praising Fifa president Gianni Infantino, who is the subject of a criminal investigation?

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28 August, 2020

Mr Fuller Goes to Washington

The US capital is hosting an anti-Qatar conference this week. The programme is secret and it’s an invitation-only event. The organisers – the Middle East Forum – say that it’s not open to the public, citing security reasons. And lurking in the shadows is Jaimie Fuller, co-founder of New Fifa Now.

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6 February, 2019

Čeferin’s Icelandic interference

Is the UEFA president unduly interfering in the Icelandic elections? Aleksander Čeferin gives vocal support to candidate Guðni Bergsson to Icelandic media while insinuating that Iceland will struggle within UEFA if Bergsson’s opponent is elected.

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31 January, 2019

Uefa

“You play like wild pigs”

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Fixers’ paradise

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Coronation, crime and corruption

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The smile Lukashenko couldn’t wipe

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Match-fixing heaven

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Uefa turns a blind eye to Belarus plight

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Infantino’s double game

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Slam Uefa over Belarus decision

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Stranger than fiction

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Mr Fuller Goes to Washington

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Čeferin’s Icelandic interference

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Saved by the Pope

“Everyone who hears the name is afraid”

Guilt by association

“You play like wild pigs”