Association football

HUGE VICTORY Albania forced to wait for Euro 2016 after Serbia strike late

The Serbian football team delivered a last-minute victory over Albania on Thursday, winning the Euro 2016 qualifier 2-0 after scoring two goals in extra time.

The game kicked off at 8.45pm local time and was hosted by Albania at the Elbasan Arena, around one hour's drive southeast of the capital city Tirana.

The Albania vs. Serbia EURO 2016 qualifier is free of security risks and will go ahead as planned at the Elbasan stadium late Thursday.

The Albania vs. Serbia EURO 2016 qualifier is free of security risks and will go ahead as planned at the Elbasan stadium late Thursday, UEFA and the top officials of the Serbian and Albanian football associations have decided at a meeting.

The adjudicatory chamber of the Ethics Committee provisionally banned FIFA President Sepp Blatter, UEFA President and FIFA Vice-President Michel Platini and FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke for a period of 90 days.

The duration of the bans, which come into force immediately, may be extended for an additional period of not more than 45 days.

FIFA decided to suspend both FIFA president Sepp Blatter and UEFA president Michel Platini due to corruption allegations.

The bus transporting Serbia's national soccer team was stoned in Tirana, Vice President of the Serbian Soccer Association, Savo Milosevic confirmed for Tanjug.

An Albanian who flew a drone over the pitch during a Serbia-Albania Euro 2016 qualifier in Belgrade last fall has been arrested in Tirana.

An Albanian who flew a drone over the pitch during a Serbia-Albania Euro 2016 qualifier in Belgrade last fall has been arrested in Tirana, the Albanian police said in a release on Wednesday.

Two Singaporeans have been charged with corruption for involvement in match-fixing in Turkey in 2013, court documents showed on Oct. 7.

In a fresh case that highlights the global reach of football-rigging syndicates in the city-state, Rajendar Prasad Rai, 42, and Shree Manish Kalra, 22, each face three charges at a district court.

New Democracy (ND) spokesman Costas Karagounis on Tuesday submitted his resignation to party leader Evangelos Meimarakis for typical reasons.

Sofia City Court (SGS) upheld the insolvency of Bulgarian football club CSKA Sofia and ruled that the club has been insolvent since 31 December 2014.

The court appointed a temporary assignee and the property of CSKA is subject to distraint, private NOVA TV informs.

The decision of the court, which was issued on October 2, can be appealed within a period of seven days.