Women's Euro 2025

Stakeholders meet to discuss development of women’s game

July 17 On the sidelines of the Women’s Euro, the International Labor Organization (ILO) hosted a symposium to explore the improvement of labour conditions and responsible event hosting in women’s sports.

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DateGroup    VenueKick off (local)
July 2Grp ASwitzerland12NorwayBasel, St-Jakon Park9pm
July 2Grp AIceland01FinlandThun, Arena Thun6pm
July 3Grp BSpain50PortugalBern, Stadium Wankdorf9pm
July 3Grp BBelgium01
ItalySion, Stade de Tourbillon6pm
July 4Grp CGermany20PolandSt Gallen, Arena St Gallen9pm
July 4Grp CDenmark01SwedenStade de Genève6pm
July 5Grp DFrance21EnglandStadion Letzigrund, Zurich9pm
July 5Grp DWales03NetherlandsAllmend Stadion, Lucern6pm
July 6Grp ASwitzerland20IcelandStadion Wankdorf, Bern9pm
July 6Grp ANorway21FinlandStade de Touillon, Sion6pm
July 7Grp BPortugal11ItalyStade de Genève, Geneva9pm
July 7Grp BSpain62BelgiumArena Thun6pm
July 8Grp CGermany21DenmarkSt Jakob Park, Basel6pm
July 8Grp CPoland03SwedenAllmend Stadion, Lucerne9pm
July 9Grp DEngland40NetherlandsStadion Letzigrund, Zurich6pm
July 9Grp DFrance41WalesArena St Gallen9pm
July 10Grp AFinland11SwitzerlandStade de Genève, Geneva9pm
July 10Grp ANorway43IcelandArena Thun9pm
July 11Grp BItaly13SpainStadium Wankdorf, Bern9pm
July 11Grp BPortugal12BelgiumStade de Touillon, Sion9pm
July 12Grp CSweden 41GermanyStadion Letzigrund, Zurich9pm
July 12Grp CPoland32DenmarkAllmend Stadion, Lucerne9pm
July 13Grp DNetherlands25FranceSt Jakob Park, Basel9pm
July 13Grp DEngland61WalesArena St Gallen9pm
July 16QF1Winner Grp ANorwayItalyR-Up Grp BStade de Genève, Geneva9pm
July 17QF2Winner Grp CSwedenEnglandR-Uo Grp DStadion Letzigrund, Zurich9pm
July 18QF3Winner Grp BSpainSwitzerlandR-Up Grp AStadion Wankdorff, Bern9pm
July 19QF4Winner Grp DFranceGermanyR-Up Grp CSt Jakob Park, Basel9pm
July 22Semi-finalWinner QF1--Winner QF2Stade de Genève, Geneva9pm
July 23Semi-finalWinner QF3--Winner QF4Stadion Letzigrund, Zurich9pm
July 27 FinalTBA--TBASt Jakob Park, Basel6.00pm

Teixeira heads for safe haven of Andorra and out of Brazilian reach

Ricardo Teixeira

By Paul Nicholson
September 2 – Ricardo Teixeira, the former FIFA executive committee member and head of the Brazilian football federation (CBF) for 23 years, has applied and, according to reports, been granted residency in Andorra. The landlocked micro-state in the Pyrennees, bordered by Spain and France, does not have an extradition treaty with Brazil, effectively putting Teixeira out of the reach of any potential Brazilian court summons.

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Andrew Warshaw: Breakfast with Platini, Qatar 2022, but don’t mention the FIFA presidency

Breakfast with Michel Platini is an annual media gathering on the fringes of the Champions League draw in Monaco that has become almost de rigueur for anyone trying to get inside the head of the UEFA president.

Informal and charmingly mischievous, you invariably get him in an engaging, outgoing mood – in a variety of languages – away from all those official functions and formalities.

Yet among the nods, winks, innuendos and wise-cracking,

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Khoza stands aside in South Africa, opening way for Jordaan or Mazibuko

Danny Jordaan

By Andrew Warshaw
September 2 – Danny Jordaan, the public face of the 2010 World Cup who has waited patiently to fulfil his ambitions amid a myriad political manoeuvring, is one step closer to snaring the most powerful football position in his native South Africa after his one-time ally turned bitter rival, Irvin Khoza, withdrew his candidacy for the presidential election on September 28.

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FFP is working with UEFA reporting club losses cut by €600m

michel platini 5

By Andrew Warshaw, chief correspondent, in Monaco
August 30 – With the threat of sanctions hanging over them, European clubs have drastically reduced their losses in order to abide by UEFA’s strict financial fair play regulations which include the ultimate punishment of throwing teams out of the Champions League and Europa League. Figures provided by European football’s governing body show that overall losses among the 237 clubs participating in UEFA competitions fell from €1.7 billion in 2011 to €1.1 billion last year –

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