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Interview: France’s Le Graët accentuates the Euro 2016 positive, for France and football

Noël Le Graët

By Samindra Kunti in Paris

June 21 – Noël Le Graët is a French businessman and since 2011 has been president of the French Football Federation. His football career has seen him as president of Ligue 1 from 1991 to 2000, and as a vice president of the French federation until stepping up to the top job. In an exclusive interview with Insideworldfootball Le Graët talks of the impact the Euros are having in regenerating French football,

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Mihir Bose: Can the Euros decide how the Brits vote in the referendum?

On the face of it this is an absurd question. How can what happens to England, Wales and Northern Ireland make any difference to how they vote in the EU referendum?

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Dog or tree? German fans call for Super Mario to stand up

By Andrew Warshaw in Paris

June 20 – Will the real Super Mario please stand up. That is the clarion cry among German fans ahead of the misfiring world champions’ final Euro 2016 group game against Michael O’Neill’s Northern Ireland here Tuesday.

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Day 11 Euro previews: Wales vs Russia; England vs Slovakia

June 20 – The Welsh dragon will need to be at its fiery best to beat the Russians to a qualifying spot, and it hopefully will not ignite Russian fans. England can afford to be a little more sedate against Slovakia but that might not be a smart move.

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Euro match previews: Bel vs Irl; Ice vs Hun; Por vs Aut

June 18 – Belgium vs Republic of Ireland – Eden Hazard and Kevin de Bruyne both missed training earlier this week but are expected to play. Romelu Lukaku’s place as Belgium’s lone forward is most under threat should coach Marc Wilmots decide to make changes from the side beaten by Italy.

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Turkey on trial: team face Spanish test, Sukur faces Istanbul court

June 17 – When Turkey take on Spain today looking for salvation in their attempt to remain at Euro 2016, arguably the country’s biggest ever footballing star was on trial in absentia in an Istanbul court on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on social media.

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Barca agree to pay €5.5m fine over Nemar transfer, but it’s not over yet

By Paul Nicholson

June 14 – The dispute in Spain over how much tax was payable on the transfer of Neymar from Santos in Brazil to FC Barcelona in 2013 appears to have been resolved with the club agreeing to pay a €5.5 million fine.

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Kosovo and Gibraltar fast-tracked to World Cup qualifying debuts

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June 10 – Kosovo and Gibraltar, both accepted into the FIFA fold last month, have as expected been fast-tracked into the 2018 World Cup qualifying programme that kicks off in September.

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Estonia adds its voice to growing support for Čeferin

June 9 – Momentum is gathering behind Slovenian FA president Aleksander Čeferin in his bid to become president of UEFA. The Estonian FA have announced that they would support his candidacy. Čeferin has still to admit his official nomination but that now only looks to be a formality.

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Slovenia’s Čeferin wins backing in the race for UEFA’s presidency

By Paul Nicholson

June 8 – The race for the UEFA presidency looks certain to have a new candidate with Slovenian FA president Aleksander Čeferin expected to submit his nomination within the next 48 hours.

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Paris police ready for Euro 2016 kick-off with beefed up security plan

By Andrew Warshaw

June 7 – As tension mounts ahead of Euro 2016, both on and off the pitch, Paris’ police chief promised he would be receiving thousands of reinforcements and that his force was as prepared as it could be to face the threat of terrorist activity.

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First Messi, now Neymar. Spanish courts show appetite for Barca’s tax evaders

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By Paul Nicholson

June 7 – Brazil and Barcelona striker Neymar faces his second prosecution this year for tax evasion. Having been convicted of tax fraud and ordered to pay €45.9 million in fines and back-taxes in March in Brazil, now Spanish prosecutors want him to go trial in their country.

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Suning pledge €750m to take Inter Milan back to the top of Europe

By Paul Nicholson

June 6 – Serie A giants Inter Milan have completed the sale of a 69% stake in the club to Chinese retail giants Suning Holdings Group, one of the three largest Chinese non-state owned enterprises with close to $50 billion in annual sales.

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Belgium labour under €4.5m loss and indifferent pre-Euro form

By Samindra Kunti

June 3 – Belgium may be one of the favorites to win Euro2016, but the Belgian FA, the KBVB, has been suffering from a €4.5 million loss since the 2014 World Cup.

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Villar Llona hit by Spanish court dates as he ponders his next UEFA move

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By Paul Nicholson

June 2 – Angel Maria Villar Llona, the controversial president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and current interim president at UEFA, has been summoned to appear in court in Spain in July charged with deliberately delaying presidential elections at the RFEF.