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Europe’s governing football body UEFA launches bidding process for 2028 Euro Cup hosts

MOSCOW. KAZINFORM - The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) announced on Tuesday a bidding process for European nations to host matches of the 2028 Euro Cup, TASS reports.

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13.10.2021 08:15

Football: JFA to give up on hosting 2021 Club World Cup due to COVID

TOKYO. KAZINFORM The Japan Football Association has decided to relinquish its right to host this year's Club World Cup due to the COVID-19 restrictions and is in discussion with FIFA, sources close to the matter said Tuesday.

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09.09.2021 18:48

Brazil vs. Argentina suspended amid health concerns

ISTANBUL. KAZINFORM The World Cup Qualifier game between Brazil and Argentina has been suspended due to health reasons on Sunday.

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06.09.2021 22:24

Ronaldo scores twice against Ireland to set, extend all-time int'l scoring record

ANKARA. KAZINFORM - Football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo broke the all-time international goal scoring record Wednesday after netting his 110th goal for Portugal and extended it in the same match, scoring another one, Anadolu Agency reports.

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02.09.2021 20:41

Champions League 2021-22 groups unveiled

ANKARA. KAZINFORM The 2021-22 UEFA Champions League season's groups were revealed after a draw on Thursday.

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27.08.2021 21:46

FC Kairat head coach resigns

ALMATY. KAZINFORM - Head coach of the Almaty-based football club Kairat Kiril Keker stepped down, Kazinform correspondent reports.

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13.08.2021 11:50

St. Petersburg authorities hire oracle cat Achilles for 2022 Champions League final

ST. PETERSBURG. KAZINFORM - Achilles, St. Petersburg’s Hermitage oracle cat, has been invited again to provide his soothsaying services, but this time for the final of the 2022 UEFA Champions League, Saint Petersburg’s Vice Governor Boris Piotrovsky said on Monday, TASS reports.

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13.07.2021 12:19

Italy becomes European football champion for the second time in history

LONDON. KAZINFORM - Italy won the UEFA Euro 2020 Final defeating England in a penalty shootout. The match took place at Wembley Stadium in London in the presence of 67,173 spectators, TASS reports.

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12.07.2021 07:43

Argentina wins Copa America first time since 1993

RIO DE JANEIRO. KAZINFORM - Argentina defeated Brazil 1:0 during the final match of the Copa America, TASS reports.

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11.07.2021 14:41

EURO 2020 last-16 games to kick off Saturday

ISTANBUL. KAZINFORM The EURO 2020 last-16 round will start with Wales-Denmark and Italy-Austria games on Saturday.

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25.06.2021 09:11

FC Kairat’s head coach resigns

ALMATY. KAZINFORM - After two and a half years as Almaty-based football club head coach Alexey Shpilevskiy has resigned, Kazinform cites the press service of the club.

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07.06.2021 20:14

Chelsea beat Manchester City to win Champions League for the second time in history

MOSCOW. KAZINFORM - Chelsea beat Manchester City 1:0 in the UEFA Champions League final. Kai Havertz scored the only goal in the 42nd minute of the game in front of 14,110 fans at the Estadio do Dragao in the Portuguese city of Porto, TASS reports.

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30.05.2021 13:20

UEFA relocates Champions League final from Turkey to Portugal

MOSCOW. KAZINFORM The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) announced a decision on Thursday to relocate the Champions League final match between English football clubs Manchester City and Chelsea from Turkey’s Istanbul to Portugal’s Porto.

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14.05.2021 09:49

Top European football clubs announce breakaway league

ANKARA. KAZINFORM Several major football clubs announced Sunday that they had reached an agreement to establish a new mid-week competition – the Super League – despite earlier objections by UEFA, European football's governing body.

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19.04.2021 09:25

UEFA scraps 30-percent limit of audience attendance for 2020 Euro Cup matches

MOSCOW. KAZINFORM - The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has recalled its previous ruling on the 30-percent volume of spectators’ attendance from the overall capacity of hosting stadiums, the organization’s press office said in a statement on Wednesday, TASS reports.

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01.04.2021 14:39

Real Madrid FC shares Kazakhstani painter's artwork on Instagram

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM – The artwork by Kazakhstani painter Kanat Nurtazin has been posted on the Instagram account of the Spanish football club Real Madrid, Kazinform correspondent reports.

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29.03.2021 17:38

Messi equals most appearance record in Barcelona

ANKARA. KAZINFORM - Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi equaled club legend Xavi Hernandez's appearance record in the club, playing in his 767th match for the Spanish powerhouse on Monday evening, Anadolu Agency reports.

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16.03.2021 21:21

Kazakhstan futsal team retains spot in latest UEFA ranking

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM – The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has released an updated edition of men’s futsal teams rankings, Kazinform cites Sports.kz.

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08.03.2021 08:10

Kazakhstan retains spot in updated FIFA rankings

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM – Kazakhstan’s national football team has retained its spot in the updated FIFA’s men’s football rankings, the first one in 2021, Kazinform has learnt from the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

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19.02.2021 20:16

FIFA cancels U-20 World Cup™ and FIFA U-17 World Cup™

ZURICH. KAZINFORM As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bureau of the FIFA Council has decided to cancel the 2021 editions of the men’s FIFA U-20 World Cup™ and FIFA U-17 World Cup™, and to appoint Indonesia and Peru respectively, who were due to host the tournaments in 2021, as the hosts of the 2023 editions, FIFA.com reports.

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25.12.2020 17:11

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