RENNES  - European football's governing body are considering scrapping the Europa League in favour of extending the Champions League, UEFA president Michel Platini told Wednesday's edition of the daily Ouest-France.Asked about possible plans to extend the elite Champions League at the expense ...

WARSAW  - Euro 2012 reaches its climax on Sunday, when holders Spain take on Italy in the final. But as the tournament draws to a close, success is not just being measured in terms of who is crowned champion.The sport's governing body in Europe, UEFA, is also assessing how the three-week ...

GENEVA (AFP) - A Swiss regional court on Wednesday ordered UEFA to reinstate FC Sion to the Europa League or be fined 1,000 francs (814 euros, $1,084)) for each day it refuses to implement the ruling, the Swiss football club said. "After having heard both parties, the Canton Vaud civil court once ...

ZURICH (AFP) UEFA on Saturday started legal action against former Cyprus Football Association (CFA) official Spyros Marangos, who has claimed the bidding process to host Euro 2012 was corrupt. UEFA confirms that it has officially started legal proceedings in Switzerland against Spyros Marangos ...

GENEVA (AFP) UEFA said on Wednesday that it had ordered a thorough disciplinary investigation into serious crowd trouble that forced the Euro 2012 qualifier between Italy and Serbia to be aborted. European footballs governing body underlined in a statement that sanctions up to disqualification ...

PARIS (AFP) - Germany's Werder Bremen will face Shakhtar Donetsk of Ukraine in the UEFA Cup final after coming through thrilling semi-finals on Thursday. Second-half goals by Claudio Pizarro and captain Frank Baumann sealed a 3-2 win for Bremen at German rivals Hamburg and a ticket to the May 20 ...

PARIS (AFP) - Former European champions AC Milan and Aston Villa tumbled out of the UEFA Cup on Thursday as the lure of next season's mind-boggling Champions League riches proved a fatal distraction. Villa suffered a heavy price for downgrading Europe's second-tier competition when their ...

PARIS (AFP) - European football's governing body UEFA moved on Wednesday to deny that they were going to take away the 2012 Europrean Championships from co-hosts Poland and Ukraine. While there have been constant worries over the preparations, William Gaillard, advisor to UEFA president ...

MANCHESTER (AFP) - Rangers' quest for a first European trophy in 36 years ended in heartbreak as Zenit St Petersburg claimed Russia's second UEFA Cup in the space of four years with a 2-0 win in Wednesday's final. The match was effectively settled 18 minutes from time, when midfielder Igor ...

GLASGOW - Nacho Novo was Rangers hero as they achieved the perfect pre-UEFA Cup Final boost with a 3-1 victory over Dundee United in the Scottish Premier League on Saturday. Two early goals from the Spaniard, the second a sensational strike from 20-yards, and a late Jean-Claude Darcheville goal ...