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In Australia there is now a real sense that the perpetrators of racism shame not only themselves, but also their country. At a time when the horrific events in Norway remind...

The European General Court today ruled that EU member states are allowed to ban exclusive-rights deals with pay-TV operators for the football World Cup and European...

A great deal of progress has been made to kick racism and violence out of football, but more needs to be done. Tackling violence and racism at football matches remains a top...

Some big clubs are making money, but many more are not. Europe's big football clubs have, on paper, had a good financial crisis, with revenues rising even as member states...

Contract disputes still a huge part of football. Fifteen years after the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that professional football players were free to leave their...

Leagues are fighting to protect the exclusive licences that they sell to TV channels. Television broadcasting rights constitute football's largest revenue source, and the...

It was the greatest champion of Ukraine's integration Europe, but even Poland is now struggling to summon up words of advocacy. In April 2007, when Michel Platini, the head...

European Commission gives sceptical response to report suggesting quotas would be legal. Officials from FIFA, the international football federation, are to meet Jan...

Poland faulted for lack of progress on infrastructure, much of it co-funded by the EU. UEFA today decided that Poland and Ukraine can still host the European football...

A love of football and politics has landed Jonathan Hill one of the beautiful game's top jobs as director of UEFA's Brussels office.

Is Euro 2008 maintaining the old order of international politics? Well, a prone defender may be more revealing. The abject French and unfancied Poles aside, the bigger...

The notion that capping the number of foreign players will improve European football is misguided and must be dropped. Sepp Blatter has a reputation for being stubborn,...

European Commission says limit would be “discriminatory” and “incompatible with EU law”. The European Commission on 28 May formally criticised FIFA's controversial...

Football's governing bodies are anxious to draw distinctions between sport and other areas of economic activity. Michel Platini, president of the European football...

Racists still find a refuge in too many soccer stadiums around the EU. On 20 April, pockets of Rapid Vienna and AGF Arhus fans unfurled banners to celebrate the birthday of...

Last month, 518 MEPs approved a report calling on the international football federation, FIFA, to scrap plans for a controversial rule on player quotas. They said the...

Obesity is recognised as one of the EU's biggest public health challenges. Armchair fans are being encouraged to swap the sofa for the soccer pitch. Ronaldo and Ronaldinho...

“This league is in danger of becoming one of the most boring but greatest leagues in the world”, Kevin Keegan pronounced in May. The Newcastle United manager claimed...

European Parliament backs report that opposes quotas on foreign footballers but stresses need to nurture local talent. No quotas on the number of foreign footballers,...

Gambling monopolies are not the only way to combat gambling addiction, or to support amateur sport. Last week, UEFA expressed its concern that the funding of grassroots...