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NYON - The disciplinary commission of European football's governing body UEFA has officially confirmed a two-game stadium ban and a 130,000-euro fine for Serbian champions Partizan Belgrade.

At the same time, UEFA warned Partizan they would automatically receive a one-game stadium ban in case of a similar offence in the next three years.

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Four of Turkey's biggest football teams have reached a record high amount of debt in the season between June 1, 2016, and Feb. 28.  

The total debt of Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray, Beşiktaş and Trabzonspor reached 3.8 billion Turkish Liras during the season, as their total income remained at 1.1 billion liras.

MOSFILOTI - A Cypriot fan of former soccer player and administrator Michel Platini renewed a bid Sunday to be entered in the Guinness Book of World Records for the biggest collection of Platini memorabilia.

NYON - Dejan Stankovic, a former captain of the Serbia men's national football team, was on Monday officially appointed adviser to UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin.

Stankovic took up a role as a football development adviser.

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SARAJEVO - UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin on Friday refuted speculations about the establishment of a Balkan regional league under the aegis of European football's governing body.

UEFA's president has refuted speculations about the establishment of a Balkan regional football league under the aegis of European football's governing body.

Cyprus' top sports official on Thursday urged lawmakers to pass legislation enabling authorities to wiretap suspects' telephones and access bank accounts in the fight against match-fixing.

Cleanthis Georgiades, president of Cyprus Sports Organization, said that those involved in match-fixing are "extremely dangerous" people, with huge financial interests at stake.

BELGRADE - Slovenian football federation head Aleksander Ceferin was elected on Wednesday new president of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), TASS reports.

The 7th president of UEFA in its 62-year history, Čeferin will serve out the remaining two and a half years of the term of Michel Platini, who was suspended due to corruption.

Aleksander Ceferin has been elected as the new  president of Uefa, European football’s governing body, during voting procedures that took place in Athens at the 12th UEFA Congress. Ceferin, head of the Football Association of Slovenia, polled 42 votes at Uefa’s congress in Athens, 29 more than Dutchman Michael van Praag. The 48-year-old succeeds former France player Michel Platini, who resigned