Super League: EU court adviser backs FIFA and UEFA against breakaway competition
Plans for a breakaway Super League have been dealt a fresh blow after an EU legal adviser backed FIFA and UEFA.
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EU legal adviser backs UEFA in battle with Super League
LUXEMBOURG: The European Court of Justice’s top legal adviser said Thursday that football governing bodies UEFA and FIFA had acted within the law when they threatened to expel clubs or players who joined a proposed Super League. The opinion of Advocate General Athanasios Rantos is not binding on the court, which is examining a complaint from the firm that planned to start the new league, but it will be influential and taken as a sign of the direction the case is taking.
EU court should re-examine ice skating body's appeal against EU antitrust order -court adviser
BRUSSELS :The International Skating Union's (ISU) appeal against an European Union finding that its punitive penalties against athletes breach EU antitrust rules should be reviewed again by a lower tribunal, a court adviser said on Thursday.
FIFA, UEFA rules compatible with EU competition rules, EU court adviser says
BRUSSELS : Soccer bodies UEFA and FIFA's rules giving them the right to block clubs from joining a breakaway league and penalise players who do so are compatible with EU antitrust laws, an adviser to Europe's top court said on Thursday.
UEFA and FIFA supported in legal row over Super League
UEFA and FIFA's right to block new competitions like the European Super League is compatible with EU law, according to a key legal opinion published on Thursday.
ISU's appeal against EU antitrust decision should be reviewed again by lower tribunal, court adviser says
BRUSSELS : Europe's top court should refer an appeal by the International Skating Union (ISU) back to a lower tribunal which two years ago backed an EU finding that its punitive penalties against athletes breach EU antitrust rules, a court adviser said on Thursday.
Ukraine war: Western components found in Iranian-made drones used by Russian army, expert warns
The Iranian-made drones used by the Russian army to attack Ukraine's essential infrastructure and plunge the war-torn country into darkness are made "almost exclusively" of components manufactured by companies based in Europe, the United States and Asia, a report has found.