Russia is urging Uefa to ban the manager of the Ukraine men’s national team from football after he expressed a wish to fight Vladimir Putin’s invading forces, the Guardian can reveal. The Football Union of Russia has written to the governing body accusing Oleksandr Petrakov of discriminating against Russians and failing to remain politically neutral. Denis Rogachev, the deputy secretary general...
There are 75,000 tickets available but each club has received just 19,618, while a further 12,000 were put on general sale via a ballot which closed last month, with the remainder going to the UEFA ‘family’ of sponsors and officials. More than one-fifth of Liverpool’s allocation (categories one and two) will cost between £410 and £578. Almost 56 percent are priced at £125, with nearly a quarter...
Investigations into what unfolded outside the Stade de France prior to the Champions League final on May 28 continue, with Liverpool fans to front the French senate on Tuesday afternoon. They will provide first-hand accounts of the dangerous and harrowing events that saw fans kettled, sprayed with tear gas, robbed and fronted by riot police while simply waiting to watch a football match. There...