UEFA has confirmed that the away goals rule will be scrapped from all club competitions from the start of the 2021/22 season. This followed a recommendation of the UEFA Club Competitions Committee and the UEFA Women’s Football Committee on Thursday. The away goals rule which has been in place since 1965 was applied to determine…
Italian football club Napoli on Friday renamed its stadium from Stadio San Paolo to Stadio Diego Armando Maradona. This is to honour the club’s former captain Diego Maradona who died as a result of heart failure in November at the age of 60. Maradona, regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time, had…
Russia have been threatened with outright disqualification from the ongoing Euro 2016 in France if their fans cause further trouble at the stadium. European football governing body, UEFA, however, gave the country a suspended disqualification and a fine of 150,000 euro following violent scenes at the game against England in Marseille last Saturday. UEFA explained…