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English amateur women’s football pioneer awarded UEFA grassroots gold
The 2018 UEFA Grassroots Award for Best Leader has gone to Parm Gill from English amateur team Guru Nanak. Parm Gill’s years of service in trying to give girls and women from the local Sikh...
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UEFA #EqualGame - Hannah Bryndís Proppé Bailey - I am in control of my life, not my schizophrenia
Hannah Bryndís Proppé Bailey from Reykjavik has been living with depression and schizophrenia for over half her young life, but, thanks to football, she has found avenues to express herself and...
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Zaatari and Azraq Residents to Benefit from Two New Artificial Football Pitches
The UEFA Foundation for Children, Lay’s and the Asian Football Development Project (AFDP) have joined forces to turn unsafe play areas at two refugee camps in northern Jordan into artificial...
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All you need to know about the UEFA Nations League
The UEFA Nations League will mean: • An increase in the number of competitive matches • Avoiding meaningless friendlies • National teams will play against sides of a similar strength • The...
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The story behind the UEFA Nations League anthem
Football fans around Europe and beyond will soon become accustomed to the UEFA Nations League anthem with the inaugural competition kicking off in just a few days' time. The composition reflects...
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Antoine Griezmann voted UEFA Europa League Player for 2017/18 season
The award winner was announced the 2018/19 UEFA Europa League group stage draw in Monaco. 029 - Two players of Club Atlético de Madrid featured in the first three places Antoine Griezmann has been...
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Pernille Harder and Luka Modrić voted UEFA Players of the Year
The 2017/18 UEFA player awards ceremony took place in Monaco. 028 - UEFA Champions League positional awards presented to Navas, Ramos, Modrić and Ronaldo Pernille Harder has been named UEFA...
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Beckham "honoured" at UEFA President's Award
Thursday 30 August 2018 David Beckham spoke proudly about his great career when he was presented with the 2018 UEFA President's Award in Monaco. David Beckham has expressed his considerable pride...
Football Social Responsibility
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Zaatari and Azraq Residents to Benefit from Two New Artificial Football Pitches
The UEFA Foundation for Children, Lay’s and the Asian Football Development Project (AFDP) have joined forces to turn unsafe play areas at two refugee camps in northern Jordan into artificial...
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Blind children take centre stage in Tallinn for UEFA Super Cup
A group of visually impaired and normal-sighted young people from Tallinn had an unforgettable experience last night, when they took part in the opening ceremony at the UEFA Super Cup match in the...
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UEFA Super Cup, a platform for positive change - Building an inclusive future for visual impaired children
UEFA Super Cup, a platform for positive change Since its creation in 2015, the UEFA Foundation for Children has become a key presence at the UEFA Super Cup, delivering strong messages of...
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UEFA Foundation for Children launches 2018 call for projects
On 13 August, the UEFA Foundation for Children launched its 2018 call for projects that seek to promote children’s fundamental rights across the globe. This call for projects is aimed at any...
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Field In A Box™ Provides Opportunities for Young People in Brazil
Football as a platform for positive change in Olinda The community of Rio Doce yesterday celebrated the official opening of a Field in a Box pitch in Olinda as part of a collaborative social...
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FIELD IN A BOX – RIO DOCE, BRAZIL
CONTEXT Following the successful establishment of Field in a Box pitches in Madrid, Mragowo (in north-eastern Poland) and Cape Town, the UEFA Foundation for Children and FedEx are working together...
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Match for Solidarity helps disabled children around the globe
UEFA and the United Nations helped to raise €605,000 for the UEFA Foundation for Children to fund humanitarian and development projects around the world. On 21 April, UEFA and the United Nations...
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Field in a Box: UEFA Foundation for Children Brings Artificial Football Pitch Initiative to Brazil
CONTEXT Konami Holdings Corporation – a Japanese digital entertainment company and a UEFA Champions League sponsor – was willing to work with the UEFA Foundation for Children and take the Field in...
Reports and Facts
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UEFA report shows football's financial upswing
Latest benchmarking report underlines continued Financial Fair Play impact on robust European club finances UEFA has released its ninth club licensing benchmarking report on European club...
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UEFA report: registered female footballers on the rise
UEFA's 'Women's football across the national associations 2017' report shows how the female game has evolved over the past five years, and offers a snapshot of the sport in each of UEFA's 55...
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Teenage Girls Who Play Football Report Higher Levels of Self-confidence
Study involving more than 4,000 girls highlights positive impact of football New research suggests that football can have a greater positive impact on the self-confidence of teenage girls than...
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2015/16 Football and Social Responsibility Report Out Now
UEFA EURO 2016 set new benchmarks for socially responsible tournament operations, UEFA member associations have organised projects across Europe and beyond thanks to new HatTrick social...
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UEFA club licensing benchmarking report
UEFA has released its eighth club licensing benchmarking report on European club football. The latest report again highlights how UEFA’s Financial Fair Play regulations have turned around football...
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REPORT: Women's football in 2016/17
What is the state of women's football in UEFA's 55 national associations? The 'Women's football across the national associations 2016/17' report shows how the female game has evolved over the past...
#EqualGame
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UEFA #EqualGame - Hannah Bryndís Proppé Bailey - I am in control of my life, not my schizophrenia
Hannah Bryndís Proppé Bailey from Reykjavik has been living with depression and schizophrenia for over half her young life, but, thanks to football, she has found avenues to express herself and...
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Kashia proud of UEFA #EqualGame Award
Georgian international Guram Kashia, the winner of the first UEFA #EqualGame Award, is determined to champion diversity, inclusion and equality in football. The winner of the inaugural UEFA...
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Blind children take centre stage in Tallinn for UEFA Super Cup
A group of visually impaired and normal-sighted young people from Tallinn had an unforgettable experience last night, when they took part in the opening ceremony at the UEFA Super Cup match in the...
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UEFA’s #EqualGame campaign promotes diversity, inclusion and accessibility in football at the UEFA Champions League final in Kyiv, Ukraine
UEFA's #EqualGame campaign promoting diversity, inclusion and accessibility in football entered the spotlight during finals week in Kyiv. Worldwide attention focussed on the UEFA Champions League...
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Football opens hearts
Friday 25 May 2018 Oleksandr Fomichov aims to use the "power of football" to improve the lives of the community around him. Based in the Ukrainian city of Ivano-Frankivsk, he is promoting the need...
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#EqualGame stars lineup alongside football legends before Europa League final
UEFA is celebrating the first full season of its #EqualGame campaign, which aims to positively promote inclusion, diversity and accessibility in European football. To mark the occasion, UEFA...
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A new start through football
Working at football clubs brings former prisoners back into society Jules Rasoelbaks has had a long path towards redemption – and the 48 year-old from the Netherlands has been using football, his...
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'Football connects our family across three female generations'
Age is no barrier for 60-year-old Ramutė Kartavičienė from Lithuania, who has set up a football team of grandmothers, and is immensely proud that the sport can unite three generations of her...
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