UEFA’s Together #WePlayStrong women’s football campaign has today released a documentary with FC Barcelona Femeni and Nigerian international Asisat Oshoala, as part of its Strong Is… documentary series, which follows the journey of some of the biggest names in women’s football to shine a light on the adversities they have faced and how football has
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UEFA postpones youth national team competitions
After consultation with UEFA’s 55 member associations, the UEFA Executive Committee has today taken several decisions regarding youth national team competitions considering the current COVID-19 situation across Europe. In order to alleviate the additional operational and financial burden on national associations – caused by hygiene conditions impacting travel and accommodation, as well as testing to
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ITC and UEFA Foundation for Children launch life-skills curriculum
ITC, UEFA Foundation for Children and partners launch life-skills curriculum for young people in developing countries using football as coaching medium. A new curriculum using football to teach entrepreneurship and employability life skills to young people in developing countries is being launched by the International Trade Centre (ITC), the UEFA Foundation for Children, Kick4Life and
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UEFA unveils heading guidelines for youth players
The guidelines were approved this week by the UEFA Executive Committee and fulfil a crucial need for a consensus document on heading guidance in youth football. Although the key findings of research commissioned by UEFA show that youth players have low amid ongoing debate about whether heading a football could potentially alter players’ brain structures
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The Arsenal Foundation helping children in Indonesia
The UEFA Foundation for Children, alongside the Arsenal Foundation and Save the Children are collaborating on a project that will benefit over 1,000 children in Jakarta and renovate seven football pitches. The UEFA Foundation for Children has teamed up with The Arsenal Foundation and Save the Children to improve the lives of children and in
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UEFA launches play at home with Playmakers
UEFA launches Play at Home with Playmakers featuring characters from Disney and Pixar’s Incredibles 2, to help children across Europe have fun while staying safe at home Children across Europe can now play the roles of their favourite characters from Disney and Pixar’s global box office smash hit Incredibles 2 while staying active at home
UEFA Women’s EUROs to take centre stage in summer 2022
The move of the UEFA Women’s EURO tournament to 2022 ensures flagship competition has full potential to further boost growth of women’s football The UEFA Executive Committee today confirmed that the postponed UEFA Women’s EURO 2021 will be played in England from 6 July to 31 July 2022. It is planned to use the same
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Top women’s players give insights on how to #TrainAtHome stay fit
Looking for a new way to exercise? With the launch of the Together #WePlayStrong #TrainAtHome content series, some of the biggest names in women’s football will be showing you how to keep fit while staying at home. Together #WePlayStrong has launched a new content series, #TrainAtHome, in partnership with UEFA women’s football sponsor Visa. The
UEFA and Disney launch Playmakers
UEFA and Disney launch Incredible initiative to help more girls play football through Playmakers Playmakers employs innovative storytelling approach featuring much-loved Disney characters to help more girls see the fun in regular physical exercise and football UEFA and Disney have teamed-up to develop a ground-breaking football programme that uses Disney’s world-renowned storytelling to encourage more young girls to exercise
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UEFA and CONMEBOL renew Memorandum of Understanding
Joint committees to be created to discuss competitions, development, women’s football and refereeing The UEFA Executive Committee and the CONMEBOL Council today met at the House of European Football in Nyon and signed a renewed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to replace the agreement that was signed in 2012. This new MoU forms the basis for
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