A Swiss court has refused to rule on FC Sion’s bid to be re-instated to the Europa League because it doesn’t fall under their jurisdiction. The club are disputing Celtic’s reinstatement into the competition after Sion were judged to have fielded ineligible players. The court in Valais cannot rule against UEFA because their headquarters are [...]
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Celtic have been reinstated in the Europa League after Uefa expelled Sion from the competition. Sion, who have three days to appeal the verdict, fielded several ineligible players during their 3-1 aggregate win over Celtic in the play-off round. A Celtic spokesman said: “We have been advised by Uefa that the two protests relating to [...]
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Sion president Christian Constantin believes they will ultimately win their battle to remain in the Europa League. Uefa are due to consider two appeals by Celtic, who were knocked out by Sion, on Friday afternoon. And Constantin believes his club will eventually be found not to have breached rules over the fielding of ineligible players. [...]
Continue reading …Celtic have been given renewed hope of being re-instated into the Europa League after Uefa insiders indicated that Sion are likely to be thrown out. The Glasgow side lost 3-1 in Switzerland after being held to a goalless draw in the first leg. But Uefa president Michel Platini said: “What is happening there is the [...]
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Rangers have lost their appeal against a three-match European suspension handed to Steven Whittaker. The full-back was ordered off for throwing the ball at an opponent in the second leg of the Champions League qualifying loss to Malmo. He missed last week’s Europa League play-off round first leg defeat against Maribor because of an automatic suspension [...]
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Celtic endured a frustrating return to European action as they struggled against Swiss side Sion in the first leg of their Europa League qualifier. An ineffectual strike partnership of Anthony Stokes and Georgious Samaras saw several chances to break the deadlock escape the Glasgow outfit. Sion ignored warnings from Fifa not to field players they [...]
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Maribor came from a goal behind to beat Rangers thanks to Etien Velikonja’s stoppage-time back-heel in the first leg of their Europa League first leg. The Scottish champions looked to be comfortably in control when Juan Manuel Ortiz turned in a Kirk Broadfoot cross after 31 minutes. But Slovenia’s top side burst into life when [...]
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Tottenham showed no signs of rustiness in their first competitive game of the season as they demolished Hearts in their Europa League play-off first leg. Rafael van der Vaart opened the scoring on five minutes when he slotted in after Hearts failed to clear. Jermain Defoe and Jake Livermore added similar goals with Van der [...]
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Uefa have joined Fifa in warning Celtic’s Europa League opponents Sion that they risk sanctions if they field any ineligible players at Parkhead. The Swiss League had initially enforced a Fifa transfer ban on the club but backed down as the players took their case to a civil court in Martigny. Uefa warned that the [...]
Continue reading …Rangers are to appeal against a three-match European suspension handed to Steven Whittaker after the defender’s red card against Malmo. The Scotland international will miss Thursday’s Europa League play-off round first leg against Maribor because of an automatic suspension from Uefa. But Rangers say an addtional two games is an excessive punishment. Manager Ally McCoist [...]
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