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GENEVA — Soccer great Zvonimir Boban says he does not want to succeed his former ally and boss Aleksander Čeferin as president of UEFA. The former Croatia and AC Milan player resigned as UEFA chief of football in January in protest at Čeferin moving to change legal statutes that would let him stay longer in the president’s office. But a …

A reputation built over decades that European football body UEFA is the good guy compared to FIFA as a cartoon caricature villain is being tested in this tough season for off-field politics. A UEFA statement Tuesday quoted Čeferin saying Russian men’s and women’s teams stay excluded until the war is over but that by banning children “we directly discriminate against …

UEFA president Čeferin dismisses idea of threat to European football from big spending Saudis

European football should not be afraid of a player exodus to Saudi Arabian clubs, UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin said Sunday, suggesting the country was making a mistake investing in stars at the end of their careers. More players are expected to follow after four top Saudi Arabian clubs were effectively nationalized this month when taken into majority ownership by the …

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Can football be saved? A new European Super League documentary wants us to decide

Can football be saved? These are the central questions driving a new documentary titled, Super League: The War For Football, that launched this past weekend: a series delving into the four crucial days in 2021 that saw the rapid rise and fall of the European Super League, a breakaway competition made up of Europe's biggest clubs that threatened to tear …