Sepp Blatter will be elected for another four years as president of FIFA next month after no challenger to his position stepped forward.

MICHEL PLATINI’S election as the new president of UEFA has naturally caused some surprise, not to say apprehension, around Europe.

Michel Platini has won the race to become the next UEFA president after a stunning election victory over Lennart Johansson.

UEFA president Lennart Johansson has re-iterated his belief that it would be beneficial for the game if teams were packed with domestic players not imports.

FOOTBALL and politics are so inextricably linked in Italy that it was no surprise when Silvio Berlusconi fainted while delivering a speech on Sunday and had to be whisked off to hospital for a check-up.

UEFA president Lennart Johansson has denied attacking Chelsea and the club’s owner Roman Abramovich.

UEFA president Lennart Johansson has denied attacking Chelsea and the club’s billionaire owner Roman Abramovich.

UEFA president Lennart Johansson has insisted he is “sure” disciplinary action will follow Chelsea’s tempestuous match against Barcelona.

Franz Beckenbauer will be standing for the role as Bayern Munich president once again at the club’s Annual General Meeting in November.

Sven-Goran Eriksson pulled out of a conference looking back at the World Cup because he was fed up with accusations of incompetence from his critics, according to UEFA president Lennart Johansson.

AC Milan’s participation in the Champions League will be under discussion when UEFA hold an emergency panel meeting on Thursday morning.

Lennart Johansson has announced he intends to stand for re-election when his term as president of UEFA expires next year.

UEFA president Lennart Johansson hopes tonight´s Champions League clash between Barcelona and Chelsea will go off in good spirits.

NOT A DAY goes by when money is not at the heart of a football story on these sports pages.

UEFA are set to reform their Intertoto Cup competition to give more clubs a chance to qualify for the UEFA Cup.

FIFA officials have potentially set a precedent for overruling refereeing decisions after ordering Uzbekistan’s World Cup qualifier against Bahrain to be replayed.

ARSENAL vice-chairman David Dein had seen it all before but the media scrum that followed yesterday’s Champions League draw was such a daunting experience for Thun president Kurt Weder that he decided to slip away quietly.

UEFA president Lennart Johansson has defended his controversial comments about female football players.

LENNART JOHANSSON, the most powerful man in European football, was criticised yesterday after suggesting the women’s game should promote itself by using players’ looks.

Lennart Johansson has expressed controversial views on how women’s football should be promoted.

Lennart Johansson has admitted UEFA made a mistake by not allowing the holders the automatic right to defend the Champions League title.

Liverpool will today discover whether they will be allowed to defend their Champions League crown next season.

UEFA are expected to give Liverpool a place in the qualifying rounds of the Champions League today.

HOLDERS Liverpool are expected to win the battle to defend their Champions League title next season within the next 48 hours.

As Liverpool await their Champions League fate, the prospect of a nightmare fixture pile-up before the season has even started faces the European Cup winners.

UEFA chief Lennart Johansson has hinted Liverpool may not have to wait much longer to find out their Champions League destiny.

Paul Walker

A UEFA executive committee member believes it is too late to change the rules to accommodate holders Liverpool into next season’s Champions League.

PRESSURE increased on UEFA yesterday to include Liverpool in the Champions League next season after G14, the grouping of elite European clubs, called for the Reds to be allowed to defend their trophy.

LIVERPOOL'S hopes of playing in the Champions League next season are still alive despite UEFA's insistence England can have a maximum of four teams in Europe's elite club competition.

Liverpool’s hopes of playing in the Champions League next season are still alive despite UEFA’s insistence England can have a maximum of four teams in Europe’s elite club competition.

Rafael Benitez today insisted his Liverpool heroes should be allowed back into the Champions League next season.

The Football Association has vowed to carry on the fight for Liverpool to be allowed to defend the Champions League title if they beat AC Milan and win the trophy in Istanbul.

CALLS for Liverpool to be allowed to defend the Champions League if they win the trophy in Istanbul have received massive support from UEFA’s president and a Liverpool legend.

The calls for Liverpool to be allowed to defend the Champions League if they win the trophy in Istanbul have received massive support from UEFA’s president and a Liverpool legend.

Andy Hampson

UEFA will not change the rules to allow Liverpool to enter next season’s Champions League as holders.

FA chiefs are expected to decide at a meeting tomorrow that the top four in the Premiership should qualify for the Champions League – no matter what happens to Liverpool at next month’s final in Istanbul.

UEFA president Lennart Johansson has said five English teams could compete in next season’s Champions League.

UEFA president Lennart Johansson today paved the way for both Everton and Liverpool to compete in next season’s Champions League.

GERMANY legend Franz Beckenbauer has revealed his interest in replacing UEFA president Lennart Johansson as the head of European football.

French Football Federation (FFF) president Michel Platini has officially confirmed he will stand for election to become president of UEFA.

WEST GERMANY’S 1974 World Cup winner Franz Beckenbauer has refused to rule himself out of the running to succeed Lennart Johansson as UEFA president in 2006.