Новости за 09.12.2020

By Paul Nicholson

December 9 – AFC president Shaikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa has emphasised the unity of Asia’s national football associations as the core strength supporting the confederation not just during the unprecedented challenges of the covid pandemic but also as the international football world turns its attention to Asia in 2021.

Speaking at the AFC’s 30th Annual Congress, held virtually, he said: “Although we are not together in person,

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By Paul Nicholson

December 9 – FIFA president Gianni Infantino has said that the new 24-team format Club World Cup, when it eventually holds its first edition “in China, will be the best club competition in the world.”

Speaking at the AFC’s 30th Annual Congress, held virtually, Infantino also said that the 2022 World Cup in “Qatar will be the best World Cup ever. Everything is progressing, everything will be together,

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December 9 – UEFA have opened a disciplinary investigation into the disturbing scenes that marred Tuesday night’s Champions League fixture between Paris St Germain and Istanbul Basaksehir, abandoned after both teams walked off in protest at alleged racism, the first time that has happened in Europe’s elite club competition.

December 9 – Five of the 10 football clubs in the Moldovan top flight have been involved in match-fixing linked to organised crime this season, Europol has said.

By Andrew Warshaw

December 9 – Manchester United became the first high-profile victims of Champions League elimination on Tuesday as they failed to make the knockout stages, heaping even more pressure under-fire manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

United’s 3-2 defeat at RB Leipzig means they miss out on the hugely lucrative last 16 and instead fall into the Europa League, paying the price for losing their final two group games and heightening speculation that Solskjaer,

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December 9 – Major League Soccer’s 25th season has not turned into the celebration initially hoped for, with commissioner Don Garber in his State of the League address revealing that the MLS is expecting a $1 billion drop in revenue because of the coronavirus pandemic. 

December 9 – SIGA’s chairman Franco Frattini and CEO Emanuel Macedo de Medeiros have both issues powerful calls to action in the fight against sports corruption on International Anti-corruption Day.

December 9 – World Cup hosts Qatar are to be included as a guest team in the European section of qualifying for the 2022 tournament in order to gain more match experience.

December 9 – UEFA have lifted their ban on club and national team matches under their jurisdiction in Armenia and Azerbaijan, imposed in October because of the military conflict in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.