The 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship features a qualifying group stage and a play-off round to determine which 11 teams join hosts Poland in the final tournament.Qualifying group stageTeams are split into nine groups – seven of six sides and two of five – and play each other on a home-and-away basis. The nine group winners qualify automatically. The four runners-up with the best record against the nations first, third, fourth and fifth in their sections advance to the play-offs.Play-offsThe two play-off ties are contested according to the knockout system. The team that scores the greater aggregate of goals proceeds to... UEFA.com - News
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Tom Brady, Robert Kraft Among Star-Studded Group Of New UFC Investors
The new list of UFC owners is star-studded to say the least. Late-night TV host Conan O’Brien revealed Thursday night that he’s part of a celebrity-laden group that bought a small ownership stake in UFC. Included in that group is New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. WME-IMG recently purchased the UFC for the whopping price of $ 4 billion in July. The talent agency allowed some of its clients to buy a small stake in the mixed martial arts company, and there apparently was no shortage of interest. “I said yes and so now I technically own a piece of the UFC,” O’Brien said Thursday, according to FOXSports.com. “I am now part
Hackers release medical records of Venus Williams, Simone Bi…
By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Confidential medical data of gold medal-winning gymnast Simone Biles, seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams and other female U.S. Olympians was hacked from a World Anti-Doping Agency database and posted online Tuesday. WADA said the hackers were a “Russian cyber espionage group” called Fancy Bears.Gold medallists USA's centre Brittney Griner (L) and USA's small forward Elena Delle Donne pose with their medal after the final of the Women's basketball competition at the Carioca Arena 1 in Rio de Janeiro on August 20, 2016 during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. / AFP PHOTO / Andrej ISAKOVICANDREJ ISAKOVIC/AFP/Getty Images They revealed records of “Therapeutic Use Exemptions” (TUEs), which allow athletes to use otherwise-banned substances because of
Spurs and Monaco meet again in Wembley bow
Wembley is the venue for Tottenham Hotspur FC's return to the UEFA Champions League as they host Group F rivals AS Monaco FC – a team they faced in the UEFA Europa League only last season.Previous meetings• Tottenham eliminated Monaco from last season's UEFA Europa League when beating them 4-1 at White Hart Lane in their final game of the group stage last December. Erik Lamela hit a first-half hat-trick and though Stephan El Shaarawy scored for Monaco, Tom Carroll added a fourth goal for group winners Spurs. • The lineups on 10 December 2015 were:Tottenham: Llo... UEFA.com - News
Who can qualify for the U21 finals next week?
For the first time there will be 12 teams in the final tournamentHosts Poland will be joined by 11 qualifiers in the finals in June 2017The nine group winners qualify automaticallyThe four runners-up with the best records against the sides first, third, fourth and fifth in their group will go into the play-offs for the remaining two berthsFULL STANDINGSFULL FIXTURESCurrent top scorer: Patrick Schick (Czech Republic) 10 – all the statisticsThe penultimate set of UEFA European Under-21 Championship qu... UEFA.com - News
Who can qualify for the U21 finals this week?
For the first time there will be 12 teams in the final tournamentHosts Poland will be joined by 11 qualifiers in the finals in June 2017The nine group winners qualify automaticallyThe four runners-up with the best records against the sides first, third, fourth and fifth in their group will go into the play-offs for the remaining two berthsFULL STANDINGSFULL FIXTURESCurrent top scorer: Michael Gregoritsch (Austria) 9 – all the statisticsThe penultimate set of UEFA European Under-21 Championship qual... UEFA.com - News
Group fixtures set for UEFA Europa League
The UEFA Europa League group stage will kick off with Feyenoord hosting Manchester United and Ajax replaying a European Cup final against Panathinaikos after the fixtures were confirmed.FULL FIXTURE LIST• Opening dayThursday 15 September, 19:00 & 21:05CETGroup A: Feyenoord v Manchester United, Zorya Luhansk v Fenerbahçe Group B: Young Boys v Olympiacos, APOEL v AstanaGroup C: Mainz v St-Étienne, Anderlecht v Qäbälä Group D: AZ Alkmaar v Dundalk, Maccabi Tel-Aviv v ZenitGroup E: Viktoria Plzeň v Roma, Astra Giurgiu v Austria WienGroup F: Rapid Wien v Genk, S... UEFA.com - News