UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin launched UEFA’s €11m Football for Schools programme in Slovenia. Getting children to play and enjoy football is a crucial element of UEFA’s vision – and the body’s new Football in Schools programme will take this vision an important step forward. Over the next four years, UEFA – via its HatTrick assistance
Children at the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan have received over 1,000 pairs of football boots following donations from fans around Europe as part of the UEFA Europa League Trophy Tour – driven by Kia. In partnership with the UEFA Foundation for Children, Kia handed over more than 1,000 pairs of football boots to the
Lucy Bronze has been voted UEFA Women’s Player of the Year 2018/19. The announcement was made at today’s 2019/20 UEFA Champions League group stage draw in Monaco. The Olympique Lyonnais and England defender, who helped her club win last season’s UEFA Women’s Champions League title and was a semi-finalist with her country in this summer’s
UEFA has today announced the names of the nominees shortlisted for the 2018/19 UEFA Men’s and Women’s Player of the Year Awards. The awards will be presented at the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League group stage draw ceremony, which will take place in Monaco on Thursday 29 August. For the men’s award, the shortlist of three
History will be made at the UEFA Super Cup on 14 August in Istanbul as Stéphanie Frappart will lead a team of predominately female officials who will take charge of the encounter between Liverpool FC and Chelsea FC. UEFA is breaking new ground by appointing Stéphanie Frappart to referee the UEFA Super Cup on 14
Olivia Hancock, the 13-year-old equality campaigner from England, steals the show with rousing speech at Haus of #WePlayStrong panel event ahead of the UEFA Women’s Champions League Final. A 13-year-old girl who has overcome bullying and physical abuse to become one of the leading advocates for young female footballers wowed a VIP audience with an
Augmented Reality puts UEFA Women’s Champions League Final at the centre of iconic Ferenc Puskás statue in Budapest – #WePlayStrong uses tech to re-imagine all-male scene at the feet of Hungarian legend. The UEFA Women’s Football campaign, #WePlayStrong, has used Augmented Reality technology to make a bold statement ahead of today’s Women’s Champions League Final
FedEx Express, official sponsors of the UEFA Europa League, the UEFA Foundation for Children and the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan (AFFA) are offering 22 local girls a dream opportunity at this year’s UEFA Europa League final in Baku. Those children – who will be chosen by the AFFA, an organisation that strives to involve
Two-time Emmy nominated actor Millie Bobby Brown has signed-up to support girls’ and women’s football as the latest ambassador of UEFA’s hugely successful Together #WePlayStrong campaign. The star of Netflix sensation Stranger Things – who will make her big screen debut this summer in the Warner Bros’ blockbuster, Godzilla: King of the Monsters – has joined forces with European football’s governing body in another ground-breaking partnership designed to transform the image of
Meet Skillzy, a larger-than-life character inspired by freestyling, street and panna culture. The official mascot for UEFA EURO 2020 has been unveiled during a spectacular pre-match display in Amsterdam. Accompanied by two of the world’s leading freestylers, Liv Cooke and Tobias Becs, Skillzy showed off a few moves to the 55,000 crowd ahead of the
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