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UEFA could cold-shoulder goalline technology

By Reuters posted Mar 28th 2012 - 1 Comment
Additional assistant referee watches during the UEFA Europa League soccer match between Benfica and BATE Borisov at Luz stadium in Lisbon

MANCHESTER, England – UEFA might stick with using extra assistant referees rather than introduce goalline technology in its Champions League and European Championship matches even if the use of technology is passed into law this year, UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino said on Wednesday. Infantino’s comments are the broadest...

England, Scotland ready to relinquish British FIFA seat

By Reuters posted Mar 22nd 2012 - 1 Comment
Club England Managing Director Bevington, FA Chairman Bernstein and FA General Secretary Horne attend a news conference at Wembley Stadium in London

ISTANBUL – Britain’s automatic and long-established vice-presidency of FIFA is now an anachronism and the time might be right for it to be abolished, said English FA chief executive Alex Horne. He was backed by his counterpart in the Scottish FA, Stewart Regan, who agreed that having an established seat at FIFA’s top...

Scourge of match-fixing getting worse, says Blatter

By Reuters posted Mar 22nd 2012 - No Comments
FIFA President Blatter gestures as UEFA President Platini looks on during a meeting with Russian PM Putin to mark the centenary of the Russian Football Union in St.Petersburg

ISTANBUL – The scourge of match-fixing is undermining soccer and the problem is getting worse, FIFA President Sepp Blatter said on Thursday. Blatter, addressing the UEFA Congress in Istanbul, said FIFA’s decision to use an ‘early warning system’ which monitors suspicious betting patterns and alerts the international...