Union of European Football Assns (UEFA)
Stranded Soccer Stars, Frantic Calls and a Race to Flee Kyiv
Inside the windowless conference room of the Kyiv hotel where the soccer stars had gathered, the anxiety was growing by the minute. An aborted attempt to flee had been a disaster. And the sounds of war — mortar fire, rocket blasts, screeching warplanes — provided a near constant reminder of their precarious circumstances. By Saturday […]
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Champions League Final Will Be Played in Paris, Not Russia
European soccer’s governing body on Friday voted to move this season’s Champions League final, the showcase game on the continent’s sporting calendar, to Paris as punishment for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The game, on May 28, had been scheduled to be played in St. Petersburg, in a stadium built for 2018 World Cup and financed […]
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How Sanctions on Russia Could Affect Champions League and Top Soccer Clubs
Russia’s aggression in Ukraine has exposed fissures in European soccer that are threatening multimillion-dollar sponsorship agreements and have led to calls to move the biggest game on this season’s calendar, the Champions League final, out of its scheduled host city, St. Petersburg. UEFA, the governing body for soccer in Europe and the organizer of the […]
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