Gibraltar and Spain will be kept apart when the qualifying draw is made for Euro 2016 after Uefa added the fixture to a shortlist of matches that Europe’s governing body seeks to avoid at all costs.
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David Davies: Blatter-style leader can end mess at Soho Square
Wednesday 24 March 2010
The former acting chief executive of the FA says an elected head is needed in order to avoid a repeat of this week's events
Watmore resignation stuns FA
Tuesday 23 March 2010
Chief executive's decision highlights divisions between FA and the Premier League
Platini wants more referees on the pitch
Tuesday 16 March 2010
UEFA president Michel Platini is continuing to campaign for more referees on the field in football.
Platini wants to 'protect' English clubs from debt
Tuesday 03 November 2009
UEFA president Michel Platini has outlined plans to "protect" English teams from spiralling debts.
Platini: Domenech will go if France miss finals
Thursday 15 October 2009
The Uefa president, Michel Platini, believes the France coach Raymond Domenech will stand down if Les Bleus fail to qualify for the World Cup.
Six referees add up to one huge confusion
Thursday 17 September 2009
Platini's plan to tackle diving with two extra officials on the field makes its bow tonight. Mark Fleming unpicks the riddle of how it's all meant to work
Platini takes Scottish hand off tiller in Uefa shake-up
Wednesday 16 September 2009
Former SFA chief Taylor leaves general secretary's role to head up marketing
David Taylor set for marketing switch
Tuesday 15 September 2009
Scottish influence at the heart of UEFA - something criticised by Arsene Wenger during the Eduardo case - is set to diminish after an announcement today that general secretary David Taylor is to head the governing body's new marketing company.
Arsenal to fight back in row over Eduardo
Tuesday 01 September 2009
Club prepares dossier to challenge controversial Uefa ruling over 'diving' incident
Manchester United and Chelsea have 'made offers' for Ribery
Tuesday 16 June 2009
Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has claimed Chelsea, Manchester United and Barcelona have made offers for France playmaker Franck Ribery.
James Lawton: Three cheers for Everton – a team that makes you proud to be English
Saturday 18 April 2009
Apart from underlining his brilliant body of work at Everton over the last seven years, David Moyes performs a wider service to "English" football this weekend when he busts into the elite FA Cup semi-final party at Wembley.
Platini eager to avert Hillsborough clash
Monday 16 March 2009
Uefa president Michel Platini has promised Liverpool that European football's governing body is doing all that it can to avoid scheduling a Champions League tie on the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster.
Michel Platini: European football clubs may be in danger of financially imploding
Friday 20 February 2009
Professional football is no more a financial service than it is an agricultural activity.
Platini warns of 'impending implosion'
Thursday 19 February 2009
Uefa president Michel Platini said yesterday that unless football takes urgent action to introduce his plans to cap wages and transfer spending, backed by legal force if necessary, the game could “financially implode”.
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EDL marches on Newcastle as attacks on Muslims increase tenfold in the wake of Woolwich machete attack which killed Drummer Lee Rigby
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