Top German investigative journalist Jurgen Roth analyzes the (unreasonable) reasons that brought UEFA and FIFA to appoint Poland and Ukraine as host countries for EURO 2012.

Accusations that UEFA officials have sold the right to host the 2012 European Football Championship to Ukraine and Poland are rootless, Vyacheslav Koloskov, Honorary President of the Russian Football Union (RFU), said on Sunday.

The choke-hold that online gambling sponsors have over soccer was writ large this week when Olympique Lyonnais complained that its sponsor, BetClic, was unfairly treated in a Champions League match