France coach Didier Deschamps accepted on Wednesday that Raphael Varane's injury is a blow to his side's Euro 2016 hopes, but called on his men to overcome their defensive absences.... more »
Leicester City boss Claudio Ranieri is not the only Italian coach to have brought unprecedented success to an unfancied football team: Gianni de Biasi has become a national hero in Albania.... more »
Russia, Poland and Austria all stepped up their preparations for Euro 2016 in France this summer with international friendly wins on Saturday.... more »
Albania qualified for their first major international tournament on Sunday as they beat Armenia 3-0 to book their place at Euro 2016 alongside Romania, who won 3-0 in the Faroe Islands.... more »
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Friday rejected an appeal by Serbia and awarded Albania a 3-0 win after the incidents that marred their Euro 2016 qualifier in Belgrade in October.... more »
The Serbian and Albanian football federations on Thursday appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against sanctions following their abandoned Euro 2016 qualifier.... more »
Angry Azzurri coach Antonio Conte responded to Italy's critics following a 1-0 friendly win over Albania by claiming the once-feared Italian footballer is now "dying out".... more »
Colombia, skippered by their youngest ever captain James Rodriguez, came from behind to beat the United States 2-1 in an international friendly Friday in London as France salvaged a 1-1 draw against Albania in Rennes.... more »
Albania coach Gianni De Biasi said UEFA's reaction to incidents at the Serbia-Albania Euro 2016 qualifier last month were not just severe but also wrong.... more »
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama slammed as "political" UEFA's decision Friday to award last week's aborted Euro 2016 qualifier to Serbia by a 3-0 scoreline.... more »
UEFA's disciplinary committee on Friday made Serbia as winners of their aborted Euro 2016 qualification match with Albania, but deducted them three points.... more »
European football's governing body UEFA was Thursday poised to begin a closed-door disciplinary hearing over the violence which halted last week's Euro 2016 qualifier between Serbia and Albania in Belgrade.... more »
Both Serbia and Albania are hoping for a favourable ruling from UEFA when European football's governing body meets Thursday over the violence that halted the Balkan rivals' Euro 2016 qualifier last week.... more »
A planned historic visit by Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama to Serbia has been postponed until next month, both governments said Sunday, after political tensions soared following violence at a football match between the two countries.... more »
A chunk of concrete, stones, coins and lighters were hurled at Albania's players and officials before and during the match against bitter rivals Serbia that was abandoned amid onfield clashes, the Albanian FA said Thursday.... more »
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