Europe reunited against football Super League proposal
From top EU officials to European leaders, UK politicians and bosses of nationalist parties: the universal condemnation against the project of a new football tournament has reunited Europe for once.
View ArticleFrench football club FC Metz looks to making its pitch more eco-friendly
At a time when the EU has just raised its climate ambitions, Metz football club, which currently ranks 10th in France's Ligue 1, is trying to curb the heavy carbon footprint that comes with the...
View ArticleWill this year’s Euro cup have lessons for football’s climate impacts?
There are many things that football stadiums can do to reduce their environmental impact. But in an international tournament system, reducing emissions is inevitably difficult.
View ArticleEuro 2021 football cup: The green issue
The 16th edition of the European football cup starts in June with a one-year delay due to the COVID-19 crisis. With growing attention being paid to the climate impact of spectator sports, EURACTIV...
View ArticleUEFA director: ‘It is important for us to show leadership in greening football’
Even with its unique pan-European nature and reductions in fan travel due to the pandemic, Euro 2020 would have been the most environmentally conscious Euro tournament yet, says Michele Uva. And Euro...
View ArticleWembley Arena: an old stadium with a new, green vision
Wembley is one of the older arenas hosting Euro 2020 matches. Can a legacy venue reduce its environmental impact as well as a newer one?
View ArticleBaku Olympic Stadium: newer can mean greener
Azerbaijan’s host site for the Euro 2020 football cup was built for an Olympic Games that never was. Now it’s preparing for the biggest event it’s hosted so far.
View ArticleMunich’s Allianz Arena: a paragon of climate neutrality?
The Euro 2020 football cup’s carbon footprint has come under green scrutiny because of the logistics required to move the teams around between the eleven organising countries. Is the Munich stadium...
View ArticleEuro 2020 set to capture continent’s attention but pandemic challenges remain
The Covid-19 pandemic was responsible for its postponement but, with the health situation on the continent gradually improving, the delayed Euro 2020 finally kicks off on Friday (11 June) in Rome.
View Article‘Most eco-friendly’ Euro championship to date will see players, fans travel...
The European football championship starts on Friday (11 June) and teams will face each other in 51 matches in 11 cities across the continent. Despite the travelling, UEFA has pledged that it will be...
View ArticleSocial media challenge urges French athletes to be more green
Former rugby player and founder of the Fair Play For Planet label Julien Pierre has launched a challenge to film himself on social networks collecting waste or cycling to the stadium as part of the...
View ArticleEU’s Schinas says UEFA should rethink Wembley final
A top European Commission official has said he has "doubts" about COVID-hit Britain hosting the Euro 2020 semi-finals and final at Wembley and urged UEFA to "analyse" that choice of venue.
View ArticleItaly erupts in celebration after Euro soccer triumph
Italians poured into streets and squares in massive numbers as the national soccer team beat England to win Euro 2020, celebrating a success widely seen as a rebound from the heartbreak failure of not...
View ArticleNine Super League rebels rejoin European Club Association
Nine of the 12 founder members of the short-lived European Super League rejoined the European Club Association (ECA) on Monday (16 August), but Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus remain outside as...
View ArticleGerman football fans ahead of wider European push for sustainability
European football fans want to get involved in making sure their sport is ecologically sustainable but lack a proper framework, the European football fan association SD Europe said in its...
View ArticleGerman Bundesliga aims to introduce sustainability criteria for clubs
German football league association DFL aims to anchor sustainability in its licensing criteria by 2024. The 36 first and second class clubs are to take a vote in December whether the recommendations by...
View ArticleEnglish football league launches environmental sustainability scheme
The English football league (EFL) announced Monday (11 October) that it would join forces with the environmental accreditation scheme GreenCode to make the second-highest league in England more...
View ArticleCommission’s advertisement team-up with UEFA raises hackles
The launch of the European Commission’s new #EveryTrickCounts campaign seeks to leverage the widespread love of Europe’s favourite sport but has resulted in ridicule and scathing accusations of...
View ArticleSwedish football fans and sustainability
The Swedish Football Association and LIFE TACKLE partner, interviewed a number of Swedish football fans to bring to light their own understanding of sustainability in sport, and what this means to them.
View ArticleFIFA pledges climate neutrality by 2040, faces criticism on offset reliance
As national leaders pledged their countries' adherence to climate targets of varying degrees of stringency at COP26 in Glasgow, the international governing football body FIFA made an ambitious pledge...
View ArticleEU Lawmakers vote “European Super League” is a threat
The “European Super League” project is considered a threat to European solidarity and inclusiveness in sport following a resolution adopted by the European Parliament today.
View ArticleCritics claim Qatar’s sustainable 2022 stadium is just ‘PR’
As Football comes under pressure to go carbon neutral, one major source of emissions remains the stadiums that need to be built for every world cup, something Qatar seeks to address. But critics remain...
View ArticleExtreme weather, floods, is a ‘huge issue’ for football
As temperatures rise and the likelihood of extreme weather events increases, football has discovered a new passion for sustainability. Could climate adaptation enter the sporting limelight?
View ArticleSustainability core requirement for German Bundesliga
It is the start of a new era in German football: a female chief at the helm of one of the largest European football leagues and mandatory sustainability criteria for the 36 biggest German clubs.
View ArticleNew Bundesliga CEO faces COVID-19 challenges amid sustainability push
For one of the world’s largest football leagues, 2022 has been the stage of massive changes: the Bundesliga finally has a new CEO, Donata Hopfen, who must now tackle the massive tasks that await it.
View ArticleDutch beer maker enters fight against plastic in UK football
As the football industry continues to grapple with the financial implications of the pandemic, the Dutch beer maker Heineken has reignited the fight against plastic in UK leagues.
View ArticleGermany boosts decarbonisation of amateur football
As Germany is preparing to host the 2024 UEFA European championship, several ministries have banded together to support climate-friendly projects in amateur football.
View ArticleUEFA drops Gazprom, may contribute to more sustainable image
Europe's top football-governing body UEFA ended a multi-million euro contract with Russian state-owned Gazprom on Monday (28 February) due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in a move that is not only...
View ArticleRussian clubs banned from next season’s Champions League
Russian clubs have been banned by UEFA from participating in the Champions League and all other European competitions next season, European football's governing body announced on Monday (2 May).
View ArticleFrench minister under fire following Champions League final clashes
French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has been in the spotlight following the eruption of violent clashes outside the Stade de France during the Champions League final on Saturday night (28 May)....
View ArticleUEFA says rival football Super League plan is a ‘textbook cartel’
UEFA on Monday (11 July) criticised the breakaway European Super League with its group of elite clubs as a textbook example of a cartel, as the European soccer body sought to defend its power and...
View ArticleUEFA’s crumbling fortress
Politicians should regulate European football introducing standards of good governance, setting clear criteria for creating and accessing new leagues, as well as guaranteeing independent oversight,...
View ArticleUEFA doubles down on monopoly position in European football
Ahead of a meeting with the new boss of the breakaway “Super League” football competition, UEFA insisted on economic concentration as a precondition for the successful development of European football.
View ArticleThe Brief — The football cartel
The behaviour of football associations like FIFA and UEFA can best be understood when they are seen as economic cartels in an industry favouring natural monopolies.
View ArticleNuclear cannot be neglected in renewables push, says French solar developer
Nuclear energy must not be neglected in the push for renewables as it will continue to be an important part of the future energy mix, Mathieu Cambet, founder and director-general of solar company...
View ArticleFrance disappointed but proud of fightback in epic World Cup final
France are disappointed they could not successfully defend their World Cup crown after losing to Argentina on penalties in Sunday's final but leave Qatar with heads high having fought until the end,...
View ArticleSustainable energy: football leads the way
November 29th, the Olympique Lyonnais football club inaugurated the installation of the latest photovoltaic shades on the car parks of its stadium, the Groupama Stadium. This was an opportunity for...
View ArticleTop Ranking in the Global Sport Sustainability Report [Promoted content]
SV Werder Bremen has achieved a top ranking in the “GSBS Report 2022”, a global sustainability report by the independent non-profit organisation “Global Sustainability Benchmark in Sports”. The...
View ArticleThe energy footprint of Germany’s football league – the Bundesliga
Even though Germany’s top football league has won plaudits for its sustainability efforts, the energy crisis has shone a harsh light on the Bundesliga’s large energy footprint.
View ArticleEU lawmakers ask UEFA to exclude Belarus from Euros qualifiers
European lawmakers called on Europe’s football governing body UEFA to ban the Belarusian national football team from the Euros qualifiers, in a letter seen by EURACTIV.
View ArticleMayhem in Sofia as protesters demand change of football leadership
The center of the Bulgarian capital looked like a warzone on Thursday evening (16 November) as demonstrations demanding the resignations of senior football executives went out of control and ended in...
View Article‘Football is free’ following EU court ruling
Europe's top court dealt football governing body UEFA a scything legal tackle on Thursday (21 December), but an attempt by rival Super League promoters to kick off a new competition met a solid...
View ArticleGermany set to extend border checks, tighten them for Euro 2024
Germany said Wednesday (14 February) it would probably prolong the checks on its eastern border it launched last autumn to curb migration, and extend the controls to all borders when it hosts the Euro...
View ArticleThe Brief – Germany needs another summer fairy tale
With Germany in the throes of economic stagnation and political infighting, the only thing that could lift Europe’s largest economy out of the doldrums, it seems, is success in football at its home...
View ArticleBitter Balkan feuds spill into Euros once again
An Albanian player leads fans in chants against North Macedonia. Rival supporters unite to chant "Kill the Serbs". A journalist from Kosovo receives death threats for an eagle gesture.
View ArticleJubilant Spaniards greet Euro 2024 winners, team praised for fostering unity
Waving flags and dressed in Spain's red and yellow colours, tens of thousands of people jubilantly greeted the country's triumphant Euro 2024 men's football team on Monday during a parade in Madrid.
View ArticleUsing football to promote gender equality [Advocacy Lab Content]
The TARGET project aims to train coaches to promote gender equality within youth football teams and beyond
View ArticleLatvia kicking gender inequality into play with female football strategy...
Latvia is strengthening football gender equality, implementing good practices under the European Union’s TARGET football project, and deploying new long-term development strategies.
View ArticleEU football network identifying abusive behaviour against female athletes...
Violence against women continues to scar our society, but the European Union continues to combat the phenomenon in all forms. Project GOALSCORE offers an opportunity to help through football, the...
View ArticleGOALSCORE project, fighting domestic violence through football [Advocacy Lab...
To help tackle violence against women, the EU has launched GOALSCORE, an innovative project aiming to raise awareness and promote football institutional support for gender equality.
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