As one of the cradles of Russian football, St Petersburg will be a proud and passionate host of four matches at UEFA EURO 2020, and launched its host city logo on Thursday. ©UEFA.comOn the day that the Russian Football Union (RFS) celebrated its 105th birthday, UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin joined association representatives, St Petersburg's governor Georgi Poltavchenko and local dignitaries at the ceremony, which took place at the historical and impressive First Cadet Corps Manege building in the heart of Russia's northern capital.
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Celta Vigo humble Real Madrid as Benfica stroll on
WEDNESDAY ©Getty ImagesReal Madrid 1-2 Celta Vigo (Marcelo 69; Aspas 64, Jonny 70)Madrid will have to overturn a deficit in Vigo next Wednesday if they are to make it through this Copa del Rey quarter-final as they suffered their second straight defeat three days after Sevilla ended their 40-game unbeaten run. Marco Asensio went off injured early in the second half and the goals soon followed. Iago As... UEFA.com - News
Women’s EURO warm-up fixtures and results
Key: h – home, a – away, n – neutralAustria22 October: L2-4 v Germany (a, Regensburg)1 March: v South Korea (n, Cyprus Cup)3 March: v New Zealand (n, Cyprus Cup)6 March: v Scotland (n, Cyprus Cup)8 March: tbc (n, Cyprus Cup)Belgium20 October: W3-0 v Russia (h, Tubize)23 October: W3-1 v Russia (h, Tubize)24 November: W3-2 v Netherlands (h, Leuven)27 November: L1-3 v Denmark (h, Tubize)1 March: v Switzerland (n, Cyprus Cup)3 March: v Italy (n, Cyprus Cup)6 March: v North Korea (n, Cyprus Cup)8 March: tbc (n, Cyprus Cup)11 April: v Scotland (h, Leuve... UEFA.com - News
Russia’s volunteer campaign sets new World Cup record
The campaign to recruit volunteers for the FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 and the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ has proved to be one of the biggest in the history of the volunteer movement, breaking the World Cup record for the number of applications. In the period from 1 June 2016, when President of Russia Vladimir Putin and FIFA President Gianni Infantino jointly launched the volunteer campaign, to the end of the application period on 30 December, around 177,000 people expressed an interest in becoming volunteers for the Russia 2018 Local Organising Committee (LOC). This exceeds the previous record by almost 25,000 applications, set four years ago when 152,101 applications were r... FIFA.com - News
Van Gaal retires: Ajax’s golden boys of ’95
Louis van Gaal declared on Monday that his 26-year coaching career had come to an end. "I thought it would be a sabbatical, but now I do not think I will return to coaching," said the 65-year-old, who left Manchester United last summer. So what better excuse to recall what happened next to the star-studded team that was responsible for the Dutchman's finest hour – Ajax's 1-0 defeat of Milan in the 1995 UEFA Champions League final.Louis van GaalSteered Ajax to the UEFA Champions League decider in 1996 too, but they
Fiorentina, Totti and Tottenham turn heads
Fiorentina's 2-1 victory against Juventus was just one of several notable results for the UEFA Europa League sides over the weekend as the likes of Roma, Tottenham and Manchester United all made headlines. The race for glory in Serie A heated up on Sunday as Fiorentina got the better of champions Juve thanks to goals from Croatian pair Nikola Kalinić and Milan Badelj. That lifted the Viola to eighth, with the real beneficiaries second-placed Roma – now a point back having played a game more – with Francesco Totti having marked
Sevilla halt Madrid’s run, City and Juventus lose
SUNDAYSevilla 2-1 Real Madrid (Ramos og 85, Jovetić 90+2; Ronaldo 67pen)Real Madrid's Spanish record unbeaten run is over after they were stunned by a late turnaround, Los Merengues losing for the first time in 41 matches in all competitions. Cristiano Ronaldo put the visitors ahead with his 56th Liga penalty – equalling Hugo Sánchez's benchmark – but a late Sergio Ramos own goal brought the teams level before Stevan Jovetić completed Sevilla's comeback to move his side within a point of Madrid at the summit, having played a game more. ... UEFA.com - News