Hooligans, corruption, financial malversations

Darkness of Football

In the last few weeks football is in the focus of all media and publics around Europe and worldwide. Euro 2008 qualifications are finished but there are more bad news: one football fan in Italy was shot by the policeman in the tragic accident, German magazine Der Spiegel published an information about possible match fixing and UEFA started investigation and just a week ago, football violence continued in Belgrade, where Red Star fans attacked the policeman among them, not in the uniform, because he was trying to make a record by video camera. Is there a light in the tunnel?... full story


By MARKO ANDREJIĆ
from Belgrade, SERBIA

Football and gambling: suspicious bets

UEFA alerted as gamblers net 4.5 million pounds
More than 4.5 million pounds was won in bets on just three of the 15 matches included in UEFA's 96- page dossier on possible match fixing handed to investigators from Europol last week


By DAVID BOND
Story from www.telegraph.co.uk



The European Commission Action Plan for Sport

UEFA and EU confront hooliganism
UEFA President Michel Platini and senior European Union political figures have joined forces in calling for sport to be protected against violence and hooliganism. Measures are urged whereby sporting organisations, governments and the forces of law and order would also increase their co-operation


By MARK CHAPLIN
Source: www.uefa.com