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Slovenian Aleksander Ceferin was elected on Wednesday in Athens as the seventh President of UEFA, defeating his opponent Michael van Praag from The Netherlands by a significant margin, with 42 votes against 13.

PRISTINA - European football's governing body UEFA has informed Kosovo clubs that they will not be allowed to play in its competitions next season as a result of their failure to meet requirements.

PRISTINA - European football's governing body UEFA has informed Kosovo clubs that they will not be allowed to play in its competitions next season as a result of their failure to meet requirements.

STARA PAZOVA - President of the Football Association of Serbia (FSS) Slavisa Kokeza said Sunday that the FSS would send a letter to the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) regarding the decision by European football's governing body to allow Kosovo football clubs to compete in European competitions.
    

BELGRADE - The Football Association of Serbia (FSS) has filed an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne against Kosovo's admission to the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), Serbian news web portal Politika reported on Thursday.

BELGRADE - The Russian Football Union (RFU) plans to submit a request with UEFA asking the organization to separate the country's national team from the Kosovar team during the draw procedures of the European tournaments, RFU President Vitaly Mutko told TASS on Thursday.

BASEL - Kosovo football clubs will be playing in next season's Champions League (CL) and Europa League (EL) qualifications, the Executive Committee of European football's governing body UEFA decided in Basel on Wednesday.

BELGRADE - The Football Federation of Kosovo has joined the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), TASS reports. The decision was made following a vote at FIFA's congress underway in Mexico City.

A total of 141 votes were given for Kosovo's membership in FIFA, 23 were against.

The Football Federation of Kosovo has thus become FIFA's 210th member.

The opening ceremony featured more than 500 guests, including the president of the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) Gianni Infantino, the secretary general of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Theodore Theodoridis and Slovenian Prime Minister Miro Cerar.