http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/?service=Rss http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/defoe-appeals-against-speeding-ban-1740787.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/defoe-appeals-against-speeding-ban-1740787.html ]]> <p> Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe was disqualified from driving today after being found guilty of speeding but the sentence was immediately suspended as his lawyers appealed against the conviction. </p> News & Comment Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:23:40 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing/the-ten-best-sporting-meltdowns-1739267.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing/the-ten-best-sporting-meltdowns-1739267.html ]]> <p> This year's Formula One World Championship has been described as Jenson Button's to lose. </p> Motor Racing Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:01:59 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/dream-teams-leeds-united-1735910.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/dream-teams-leeds-united-1735910.html ]]> <p> There was once a time when 'United' did not just mean Manchester. During the late 60s and early 70s, Leeds were one of the best teams in the land. </p> News & Comment Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:01:36 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/zhirkov-fails-to-take-abramovich-language-advice-1735230.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/zhirkov-fails-to-take-abramovich-language-advice-1735230.html <p> It could take new Chelsea signing Yuri Zhirkov a while before he can communicate with his team mates - because he did not take advice by the club's billionaire owner Roman Abramovich to learn English seriously enough. </p> News & Comment Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:22:03 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/petr-cech-i-always--had-huge-respect-for-mr-scolari-1732799.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/petr-cech-i-always--had-huge-respect-for-mr-scolari-1732799.html ]]> <p>Petr Cech has spent the summer coaching Prague's next generation of footballers at the academy that bears his name, but today he goes back to the day job. Carlo Ancelotti's Chelsea regime starts this morning and his goalkeeper finds himself in the unusual position of having to defend his reputation against allegations that he is a troublemaker.</p> News & Comment Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/james-lawton-owen-is-the-right-man-at-the-right-price-to-satisfy-fergusons-gambling-instinct-1731211.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/james-lawton-owen-is-the-right-man-at-the-right-price-to-satisfy-fergusons-gambling-instinct-1731211.html <p>The idea that Sir Alex Ferguson's investment in Michael Owen is the desperate throw of a football man looking into the skull's head of a bleak and hopeless future is absurd.</p> News & Comment Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/transfers/if-only-the-transfer-deals-that-failed-to-materialise-1728989.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/transfers/if-only-the-transfer-deals-that-failed-to-materialise-1728989.html ]]> <p> Maybe in years to come Manchester United fans will look at their missing out on Karim Benzema with a wistful sigh. </p> Transfers Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:58:47 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/comment-could-ferguson-be-on-a-downward-spiral-1728948.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/comment-could-ferguson-be-on-a-downward-spiral-1728948.html ]]> <p> Sport, as Lance Armstrong would appreciate more than most, goes in cycles. </p> News & Comment Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:15:35 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/refs-can-abandon-matches-due-to-racism-1728947.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/refs-can-abandon-matches-due-to-racism-1728947.html <p> Referees have been given the power to halt and even abandon matches in European competitions if there is racist chanting by fans under new guidelines announced by Uefa today. </p> News & Comment Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:13:46 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/straw-refuses-pardon-for-jailed-football-fan-1728911.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/straw-refuses-pardon-for-jailed-football-fan-1728911.html <p> Justice Secretary Jack Straw today refused an appeal for a pardon by jailed football fan Michael Shields. </p> Crime Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:54:10 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/galaxy-teammate-slams-beckham-commitment-1728358.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/galaxy-teammate-slams-beckham-commitment-1728358.html ]]> <p> David Beckham has come under a blistering attack from Los Angeles Galaxy team-mate Landon Donovan just as he prepares to return for action with the Major League Soccer team. </p> News & Comment Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:20:54 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/cristiano-ronaldo-attacks-17yearold-girl-1727329.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/cristiano-ronaldo-attacks-17yearold-girl-1727329.html ]]> <p> Cristiano Ronaldo is being investigated over claims of an attack on a 17-year-old girl, it has been reported. </p> News & Comment Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:46:12 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/beckham-braced-for-hostile-mls-return-1726571.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/beckham-braced-for-hostile-mls-return-1726571.html ]]> <p> David Beckham should brace himself for a hostile reaction from some fans when he returns to action in Major League Soccer this month, the top man in the American game has warned. </p> News & Comment Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:14:31 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/dream-teams-tottenham-hotspur-1725589.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/dream-teams-tottenham-hotspur-1725589.html ]]> <p> In the latest instalment of <i>The Independent's</i> Dream Team series we pick out the ultimate starting XI of Tottenham Hotspur. </p> News & Comment Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:01:34 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/blatter-unhappy-with-premier-league-spending-1723927.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/blatter-unhappy-with-premier-league-spending-1723927.html ]]> <p> FIFA president Sepp Blatter is still trying to find a way of curbing the Premier League's spending power. </p> News & Comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:19:38 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/scolari-points-finger-at-drogba-and-co-1722975.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/scolari-points-finger-at-drogba-and-co-1722975.html ]]> <p>Luiz Felipe Scolari yesterday finally identified the Chelsea players he believes got him the sack in February and pointed the finger at Petr Cech, Michael Ballack and Didier Drogba. </p> News & Comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/gay-referee-gets-red-card-in-turkey-1718056.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/gay-referee-gets-red-card-in-turkey-1718056.html ]]> <p>Turkey's football authorities were at the centre of a growing scandal this week after a referee they had sacked for homosexuality and outed to the press began fighting back in the courts and the press.</p> Europe Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/dream-teams-new-york-cosmos-1713899.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/dream-teams-new-york-cosmos-1713899.html ]]> <p> Long before David Beckham was enticed from the galactico maelstrom of Real Madrid to the Hollywood climes of LA Galaxy, the New York Cosmos became the leading light of the North American Soccer Revolution. </p> News & Comment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:01:41 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/setanta-enters-administration-1715407.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/setanta-enters-administration-1715407.html ]]> <p> Setanta Sport went into administration this afternoon after the collapse of the business in Britain. </p> News & Comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:24:17 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/the-most-shocking-transfer-deals-in-history-1715310.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/the-most-shocking-transfer-deals-in-history-1715310.html ]]> <p> There will be some transfers this summer which you didn't see coming. </p> News & Comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:13:43 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/newcastle-hit-new-low-with-horror-away-kit-1715247.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/newcastle-hit-new-low-with-horror-away-kit-1715247.html ]]> <p> Just when Newcastle fans thought it was safe to leave the house again, they've realised they might have to stay indoors a little longer... especially if they wear the new away kit. </p> News & Comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:40:52 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/setanta-suffers-as-espn-wins-premier-league-1714399.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/setanta-suffers-as-espn-wins-premier-league-1714399.html ]]> <p>The Irish broadcaster Setanta missed a deadline to pay &pound;10m to the Premiership PA</p> Business News Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/football-in-brief-fall-in-pound-will-lead-to-mass-exodus-warns-alonso-1711431.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/football-in-brief-fall-in-pound-will-lead-to-mass-exodus-warns-alonso-1711431.html ]]> <p>The fall in the value of the pound may not normally be something that overly concerns most football fans, but the Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso has warned that it could prompt an exodus from the Premier League, with the situation being exacerbated by the introduction of a new higher-rate tax band in April's budget, writes Jonathan Wilson in Bloemfontein. </p> News & Comment Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/the-last-word-blackandwhite-comedy-starring-the-loony-toons-1711443.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/the-last-word-blackandwhite-comedy-starring-the-loony-toons-1711443.html ]]> <p>Sitting in the sun in the Don Robson Pavilion at the Riverside eight days ago, it was sometime approaching lunch when the f-word was finally mentioned. Traditionally, the Chester-le-Street ground is something of a bantering chamber for the folk who spend their summer Saturdays watching Durham at cricket and the rest of the year following the fortunes of Newcastle United and Sunderland. Despite the Wearside location, there tends to be an even-ish split of numbers and replica shirts. And the points-scoring jibes can last as long as the day's play. Not last Saturday.</p> News & Comment Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/premier-league-end-setanta-deal-1710411.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/premier-league-end-setanta-deal-1710411.html ]]> <p> The Premier League have terminated their contract with Setanta with immediate effect after the Irish broadcaster failed to make a scheduled payment before this evening's deadline. </p> News & Comment Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:39:11 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/john-terry-voted-dad-of-the-year-1709667.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/john-terry-voted-dad-of-the-year-1709667.html <p> England football captain John Terry today added another trophy to his collection by winning the Dad of the Year award. </p> News Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:46:35 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/the-best-transfer-deals-in-premier-league-history-1708628.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/the-best-transfer-deals-in-premier-league-history-1708628.html ]]> <p> The cash is out in the Premier League as never before as clubs try to ensure success. </p> News & Comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:13:37 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/charlton-says-ronaldo-will-regret-real-move-1708481.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/charlton-says-ronaldo-will-regret-real-move-1708481.html ]]> <p> Manchester United great Bobby Charlton believes Cristiano Ronaldo will eventually regret leaving Old Trafford and the &pound;80m fee the club have accepted from Real Madrid is &quot;vulgar&quot;. </p> News & Comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:24:33 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/keegan-linked-with-southampton-takeover-1708327.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/keegan-linked-with-southampton-takeover-1708327.html <p> Southampton hope to find out tomorrow whether their former talisman Matt Le Tissier has saved the club yet again. </p> News & Comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:41:49 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/ronaldo-puts-porsche-up-for-sale-1708222.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/ronaldo-puts-porsche-up-for-sale-1708222.html ]]> <p> Football star Cristiano Ronaldo's 177mph Porsche 911 convertible is up for sale on Auto Trader. </p> News & Comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:44:25 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/nkosazana-zuma-confederations-cup-mania-1707478.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/nkosazana-zuma-confederations-cup-mania-1707478.html News & Comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:39:46 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/what-would-billy-the-fish-make-of-newcastle-1707473.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/what-would-billy-the-fish-make-of-newcastle-1707473.html <p> So Newcastle United's first second division fixture list since 1992 arrived today wrapped in disappointment. It had been hoped by the increased number of Newcastle-mockers that a trip to Doncaster or Blackpool on the opening day would extend the national lampooning of the Tyneside club, a journey that would confirm to Newcastle that it is Scunthorpe United, not Manchester United, they will be facing next season. West Bromwich away did not have quite the same ring. </p> News & Comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:37:02 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/spain-prime-minister-calls-ronaldo-fee-excessive-1707409.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/spain-prime-minister-calls-ronaldo-fee-excessive-1707409.html <p> Real Madrid's record bid of &pound;80m for Portugal winger Cristiano Ronaldo is &quot;excessive&quot;, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said today. </p> News & Comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:21:23 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/comment-welcome-to-the-premier-league-burnley-1707307.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/comment-welcome-to-the-premier-league-burnley-1707307.html News & Comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:42:49 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/dream-teams-portsmouth-1706660.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/dream-teams-portsmouth-1706660.html ]]> <p> The most successful provincial English club south of Birmingham and the only one with Premier League status. </p> News & Comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:01:18 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/the-worst-transfer-deals-in-premier-league-history-1706591.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/the-worst-transfer-deals-in-premier-league-history-1706591.html ]]> <p> The cheque books are out and we're heading to football's most expensive summer ever. </p> News & Comment Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:45:23 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/ronaldo-escapes-charge-over-ferrari-crash-1706372.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/ronaldo-escapes-charge-over-ferrari-crash-1706372.html ]]> <p> Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo will not face any charges after writing off his Ferrari sports car in a crash, police said today. </p> News & Comment Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:08:51 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/premier-league-threatens-setanta-over-16320m-payment-1706147.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/premier-league-threatens-setanta-over-16320m-payment-1706147.html ]]> <p>Setanta Sports has just days to raise &pound;20m or face losing the rights to its "jewel in the crown" – coverage of Premier League football next season. </p> Business News Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/setanta-given-payment-deadline-by-premier-league-1705678.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/setanta-given-payment-deadline-by-premier-league-1705678.html <p> The Premier League today told Setanta they will auction off the troubled broadcaster's 46 live matches for next season if they do not meet their next payment by a deadline of this Friday. </p> News & Comment Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:54:13 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/transfers/what-the-fans-would-love-to-see-through-the-transfer-window-1705339.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/transfers/what-the-fans-would-love-to-see-through-the-transfer-window-1705339.html ]]> <p> Manchester United's &pound;80m sale of Cristiano Ronaldo started the summer with a bang. James Mariner asks those who care most – the supporters – what they wish for in the close season </p> Transfers Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/james-lawton-even-greavsie-would-admit-progress-of-england-under-pragmatic-capello-1704029.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/james-lawton-even-greavsie-would-admit-progress-of-england-under-pragmatic-capello-1704029.html ]]> <p>Few in the history of English football have commanded the right to be sceptical with quite such authority as Jimmy Greaves, which is just as well because disdain has always come to him almost as naturally as the business of putting the ball in the net.</p> News & Comment Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/simon-rice-ronaldos-transfer-marks-the-fall-of-an-empire-1703849.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/simon-rice-ronaldos-transfer-marks-the-fall-of-an-empire-1703849.html ]]> News & Comment Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:00:35 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/rescue-hopes-for-paytv-setanta-1703770.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/rescue-hopes-for-paytv-setanta-1703770.html <p> US-based tycoon Len Blavatnik is working on a &pound;20 million 11th hour rescue deal for pay-television firm Setanta, it was reported today. </p> TV & Radio Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:46:21 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/the-ten-best-england-routs-1702914.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/the-ten-best-england-routs-1702914.html ]]> <p> Wembley turned into a shooting gallery this week as England put six past the part-timers of Andorra. </p> News & Comment Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:01:56 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/james-lawton-a-sad-retreat-from-moscow-for-ronaldo-and-united-1703017.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/james-lawton-a-sad-retreat-from-moscow-for-ronaldo-and-united-1703017.html ]]> <p>Good riddance to so much of what Cristiano Ronaldo became but then, of course, more regrets than we can comfortably list here that the best of him, at least as far as Manchester United were concerned, had gone some time before they publicly accepted yesterday the &pound;80m offer of Real Madrid.</p> News & Comment Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/sam-wallace-the-medallion-man-from-the-sticks-whose-talent-brought-forgiveness-1703019.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/sam-wallace-the-medallion-man-from-the-sticks-whose-talent-brought-forgiveness-1703019.html ]]> <p>Five years ago, after England went out of Euro 2004, my newspaper sent me from Lisbon to Madeira to find the father of Cristiano Ronaldo who, after his first season at Manchester United, was starting to show signs that he might become the superstar he is now.</p> News & Comment Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/ronaldo-well-miss-him-when-hes-gone-1703211.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/ronaldo-well-miss-him-when-hes-gone-1703211.html ]]> <p>Love him or loathe him, Cristiano Ronaldo was by far the most glamorous player in the Premiership, embodying the souped up Saint Tropez playboy look to a point that rivals George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley circa Club Tropicana. This, then, is a man who has no qualms about his disconcerting resemblance to a chipolata sausage. Then there's the James Dean lip and quiff to consider. Despite – or even because of – the overload of Hawaiian Tropic, the stonewash denim worn long before it came back into fashion and without a trace of irony, and the crucifix that would dwarf the average medallion, he still succeeds in setting hearts – male and female – aflutter like no other. Macho doesn't cover it.</p> News & Comment Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/martyn-ziegler-ronaldo-is-priceless-and-irreplaceable-1702628.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/martyn-ziegler-ronaldo-is-priceless-and-irreplaceable-1702628.html ]]> <p> One day, perhaps this coming season or perhaps the season after, it will dawn on Manchester United's owners that Cristiano Ronaldo was irreplaceable. </p> News & Comment Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:40:52 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/ian-herbert-pound80m-is-good-business-for-manchester-united-1702588.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/ian-herbert-pound80m-is-good-business-for-manchester-united-1702588.html ]]> <p> Manchester United have decided that &pound;80m coming in for Cristiano Ronaldo, a player whose increasingly individualistic streak was hindering their team ethos more than helping it, represents an excellent piece of business. There are few United fans who will argue with that logic. </p> News & Comment Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:21:53 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/jimmy-leach-ronaldo--well-miss-him-but-1702547.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/jimmy-leach-ronaldo--well-miss-him-but-1702547.html ]]> News & Comment Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:47:02 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/honour-for-members-of-1966-world-cup-squad-1701956.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/honour-for-members-of-1966-world-cup-squad-1701956.html ]]> <p>Members of England's 1966 World Cup-winning squad were presented with winners' medals at a reception in Downing Street yesterday. </p> News & Comment Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/james-lawton-rooney-leads-rejection-of-bad-old-ways-to-highlight-capello-progress-1702266.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/james-lawton-rooney-leads-rejection-of-bad-old-ways-to-highlight-capello-progress-1702266.html ]]> <p>It is not likely to shake any foundations in Spain or Brazil or Argentina but what happened at Wembley last night was some measure of Fabio Capello's reclamation work. His reclaiming, that is, of an England team who are developing a competitive depth guaranteed to avoid the worst kind of embarrassment on the world stage.</p> News & Comment Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/uefa-fifas-65-quotas-will-never-happen-in-europe-1701844.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/uefa-fifas-65-quotas-will-never-happen-in-europe-1701844.html ]]> <p> Uefa says that Fifa's proposed &quot;6+5&quot; rule to limit foreign players will never be applied in Europe. &quot;It is a restriction based on nationality. It is not legal. We will not apply it in Europe,&quot; said William Gaillard, Uefa's director of communications and an advisor to Uefa's president, Michel Platini. </p> News & Comment Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:44:59 +0100