The 2025 Ballon d’Or award ceremony will take place on 22 September at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, organisers announced on Monday. The 69th edition of the prestigious event will see an equal number of awards handed out to both women and men for the first time. France Football Magazine and UEFA revealed that the awards for best women's goalkeeper, best young women's player, and...
UEFA on Monday appointed German referee Felix Zwayer to take charge of the all-English Europa League final between Tottenham and Manchester United on Wednesday, 21 May, Afrosport reports. Zwayer previously served a six-month ban for his involvement in a match-fixing scandal in the German league in 2006 after reportedly accepting a €300 bribe from disgraced official Robert Hoyzer, who was handed a life-time ban. The 43-year-old was one...
Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter and former UEFA President Michel Platini were both cleared of corruption charges by a Swiss court on Tuesday, Afrosport reports. The pair were cleared of fraud at a hearing at the Extraordinary Appeals Chamber of the Swiss Criminal Court in Muttenz. The hearing came two-and-a-half years after they were first acquitted of the offences at a lower court, but federal prosecutors...
Real Madrid has been fined by UEFA following homophobic chants directed towards Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola by their fans, Afrosport reports. The La Liga champions have been ordered by European football’s governing body to pay a fine of 30,000 euros. They were also given a partial stadium closure and must shut off at least 500 adjacent seats during their next European match at the Santiago...
Former Premier League referee David Coote has been suspended until June 2026 by the European football governing body, UEFA, Afrosport reports. Coote was sacked by the Premier League Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) last December for his conduct. The body said the referee was in serious breach of his employment contract, and his actions made his position "untenable". The 42-year-old was initially suspended by PGMOL on 11...
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