Real Madrid earn most UEFA prize money with $146m in 2022
GENEVA: Champions League winners Real Madrid earned the most prize money from a European club competition last season with €133.7 million ($146.4 million), UEFA said Wednesday.
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Kylian Mbappe shows support for Romelu Lukaku after racist abuse against Juventus - 'All against racism'
Kylian Mbappe has shown support for Romelu Lukaku and demanded an end to racism after the Inter Milan striker was abused during their 1-1 draw against Juventus. Lukaku was sent off after receiving a second yellow card for gesturing to the crowd after scoring a penalty in the Italian Cup semi-final. Ad He held his finger to his lips as if to silence supporters who he says directed racist abuse towards him during the match.
Police probe Roma, Lazio and Salernitana over transfer dealings: media
MILAN, Italy: Police carried out searches at the offices of Serie A clubs Roma, Lazio and Salernitana on Wednesday as part of a probe into their past transfer dealings, according to Italian media reports.The investigation into Roma concerns transfers made between 2017-2019 and 2021, while the searches carried out on Lazio and Salernitana regard deals made between those two clubs between 2017 and 2021 when they were both owned by Lazio owner Claudio Lotito.Businessman Lotito was forced to relinquish Salernitana to trustees in June 2021 after promotion from Serie B as Italian FA rules banned him from owning two clubs in the same division.An end-of-year deadline for sale to new ownership was put in place, and the club would have been kicked out of the league had current owner Danilo Iervolino not had his bid accepted at the last minute.In a statement released on Wednesday, Salernitana said “the current ownership has nothing to do with the transfers being investigated as they relate to the seasons before the club changed hands.”News agency AGI reports that Lazio are being investigated for issuing invoices non-existent transactions and false accounting.Transfer trickery has become one of the major scandals in Italian football over the past year, with Juventus docked 15 points in January for using transfers to artificially boost their balance sheet.Juve are also embroiled in a criminal investigation over their finances, with the club and a raft of former directors including former chairman Andrea Agnelli accused of a variety of financial crimes.
Lukaku representative requests action after racist incident
MILAN, Italy: Romelu Lukaku’s management company reacted with outrage after the Inter Milan forward was shown a second yellow card and then sent off for a gesture toward Juventus fans who directed racist chants at him. The incident occurred after Lukaku converted a penalty in stoppage time to earn Inter a 1-1 draw in the Italian Cup semifinals on Tuesday. Lukaku held his finger to his lips as if to silence the crowd after scoring.
'History repeats itself' as Lukaku racially abused at Juve
MILAN: Romelu Lukaku said Wednesday (Apr 5) that history was repeating itself in Italian football after the Inter Milan striker was subjected to monkey chants by Juventus fans during the two teams' stormy cup clash.
Juventus fans 'beyond despicable' after racist abuse of Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku
Romelu Lukaku's management company have called Juventus fans “beyond despicable” and demanded an apology from the club after the Inter Milan striker was racially abused during Tuesday's Coppa Italia semi-final first leg.
'History Repeats Itself' As Romelu Lukaku Racially Abused At Juventus
Romelu Lukaku said Wednesday that history was repeating itself in Italian football after the Inter Milan striker was subjected to monkey chants by Juventus fans during the two teams' stormy cup clash. Lukaku scored a stoppage-time penalty which secured Inter a 1-1 draw in Tuesday's first leg of the semi-final between Italy's most widely supported clubs, a game that ended with three players sent off and the two teams at each other's throats.
Inter's Lukaku wants action from Serie A on racist abuse
Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku has urged Serie A to take action after he was subjected to racial abuse during Tuesday's Coppa Italia draw with Juventus, with the Turin side saying they were collaborating with police to find those responsible.