Meet the men in line to replace Platini at UEFA

IMAGE: Joseph S. Blatter, left, embraces Angel Maria Villar Llona, FIFA Executive Committee member. Photograph: Philipp Schmidli/Getty Images. Angel Maria Villar, the interim UEFA President,......

Meet the men in line for the job of FIFA interim boss

Will it be Cameroon’s Issa Hayatou or Spain’s Angel Maria Villar? Joseph S. Blatter, left, embraces Angel Maria Villar Llona, FIFA Executive Committee member. Photograph: Philipp......

Ban on Israel home matches off

European soccer's ruling body UEFA said on Wednesday it had decided to lift a two-year ban on Israel playing their home matches on Israeli soil with immediate effect.UEFA said it attached the......

FIFA committees oppose World Cup expansion

A majority of the members on FIFA's technical and football committees oppose a proposal to increase the number of teams taking part in the 2006 World Cup finals in Germany, FIFA said in a statement......