UEFA Champions League News

Germans demand stiff sanctions for match-fixing ring

Reuters - Sunday, November 22

BERLIN (Reuters) - German coaches and officials on Saturday demanded stiff sentences for members of a ring suspected of having fixed or tried to rig at least 200 matches across Europe, including three in the Champions League. More »

  • A 2004 German scandal saw referee Robert Hoyzer (pictured in 2005) sentenced to two years and five months behind bars after admitting receiving almost 70,000 euros ($104,000) and a plasma television from a Croatian mafia ring to throw games.

    Europe stunned by football match-rigging bombshell

    AFP - Saturday, November 21

    European football was reeling on Saturday from what one UEFA official called the continent's worst ever match-fixing scandal, with 200 games under suspicion of having been rigged in nine countries.

  • Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb on Friday had their Europa League points deduction replaced with a 75,000 euros fine and a three-year suspended ban from European competition.

    UEFA overturn Dinamo Zagreb points penalty

    AFP - Saturday, November 21

    Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb on Friday had their Europa League points deduction replaced with a 75,000 euros fine and a three-year suspended ban from European competition.

  • Europe rocked by fresh match-fixing scandal

    AFP - Saturday, November 21

    Around 200 football matches in nine European countries including at least three Champions League games are implicated in a new match-fixing scandal, German prosecutors said on Friday.

  • Around 200 football matches in nine countries including at least three Champions League games are implicated in a new match-fixing scandal, German prosecutors have said.

    New match-fixing scandal - 200 matches implicated

    AFP - Saturday, November 21

    Around 200 football matches in nine countries including at least three Champions League games are implicated in a new match-fixing scandal, German prosecutors said on Friday.

  • FC Barcelona's Swedish forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic, seen here in October 2009, has been ruled out of Saturday's clash with Athletic Bilbao and could also miss Tuesday's crucial Champions League tie against Inter Milan.

    Barcelona suffer Ibrahimovic injury blow

    AFP - Friday, November 20

    Barcelona's Swedish international striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been ruled out of Saturday's clash with Athletic Bilbao and could also miss Tuesday's crucial Champions League tie against Inter Milan.

  • Real Madrid's Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo warms up as he takes part in his first training session after recovering from an ankle sprain in Madrid. Ronaldo resumed training on Monday, several weeks after suffering an ankle injury, and may be fit to play against FC Zurich in the Champions League next week.

    Ronaldo resumes training, may play against Zurich

    AFP - Tuesday, November 17

    Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo resumed training on Monday, several weeks after suffering an ankle injury, and may be fit to play against FC Zurich in the Champions League next week.

  • Rangers, Unirea fined over crowd trouble

    Reuters - Friday, November 13

    BERNE (Reuters) - Scottish club Rangers have been fined for the trouble caused by their fans at last week's Champions League match against Unirea Urziceni in Romania, UEFA said on Thursday.

  • Rangers fined 20,000 euros for Bucharest violence

    AFP - Friday, November 13

    Scottish champions Rangers were on Thursday fined 20,000 euros by UEFA after their fans clashed with stewards at a Champions League match against Romanian side Unirea Urziceni.

  • Valencia keep up Champions League push

    AFP - Monday, November 9

    Valencia remained on course for a place in the Champions League after a convincing 3-1 victory over Real Zaragoza on Sunday lifted them to third in the Spanish League table.

  • Bordeaux title hopes suffer jolt

    AFP - Monday, November 9

    French league champions and Champions League second phase participants Bordeaux saw their hopes of another domestic crown suffer a setback as they went down 2-0 at Lille on Sunday.

  • Liverpool will not sell key players - Hicks

    Reuters - Monday, November 9

    LONDON (Reuters) - Liverpool will not be forced to sell off key players if the club make an early exit from the Champions League, co-owner Tom Hicks said.

  • DRC club TP Mazembe are African champions again

    AFP - Sunday, November 8

    Tout Puissant Mazembe of Democratic Republic of Congo bridged a 41-year gap on Saturday by regaining the African Champions League title.

  • Beckham raring to play Champions League

    AFP - Sunday, November 8

    England midfielder David Beckham is relishing the chance to play Champions League football again once he returns to AC Milan on his second loan spell in January.

  • Bayern's sleepless van Gaal eyes Schalke

    AFP - Saturday, November 7

    Coach Louis van Gaal has admitted a few sleepless nights ahead of Bayern Munich's Bundesliga clash with Schalke 04 on Saturday in the wake of their Champions League defeat at home to Bordeaux.

  • UEFA opens disciplinary proceedings into Unirea

    AFP - Saturday, November 7

    European football's ruling body UEFA has opened disciplinary proceedings into Romanian club Unirea Urziceni following the violence-marred Champions League match with visitors Rangers on Wednesday.

  • Chelsea CEO: Team may sell stadium naming rights

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    The chief executive of English soccer club Chelsea says the team is aiming to win the Champions League twice in the next five years and may sell its stadium naming rights to help fund the attempt.

  • Pohang face a confident Al Itthiad in Asian final

    AP - Friday, November 6

    South Korea's Pohang Steelers will attempt to add another major title to its trophy case when it meets Saudi champions Al Ittihad in Saturday's Asian Champions League final.

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