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      Law firm hits out at Uefa over Liverpool fans yet to see Paris final claims settled

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 3 days ago - 14:49

    • More than 1,000 supporters still waiting on settlement claims
    • Legal firm Leigh Day criticises Uefa’s lack of action

    Uefa has made “no meaningful efforts” to settle claims on behalf of 1,200 Liverpool fans affected by the chaos surrounding the 2022 Champions League final , a law firm has said.

    European football’s governing body announced last Friday evening it had reached a “full and final settlement” with supporters represented by Pogust Goodhead and Bingham Long who had made personal injury claims. An independent report published last year found Uefa bore “primary responsibility” for the failures which almost led to European club football’s biggest occasion in Paris in May 2022 becoming a “mass fatality catastrophe”.

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      Uefa settles civil claim with Liverpool fans over 2022 Champions League final

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 6 days ago - 18:38

    • ‘Full and final settlement’ with fans who suffered injury
    • Terms of the agreement will remain confidential, say Uefa

    A civil claim involving Liverpool fans who suffered injury and distress at the 2022 Champions League final in Paris has been settled.

    Uefa issued a statement on Friday evening confirming that a “full and final settlement” had been agreed with fans represented by Pogust Goodhead and Bingham Long who had made personal injury claims. The terms of the settlement will remain confidential, Uefa added.

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      Uefa faces mounting threats no matter when Aleksander Ceferin leaves top job | Nick Ames

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Tuesday, 13 February - 08:00

    European football’s governing body is navigating multiple challenges and the looming race to lead the organisation from 2027 will not help

    Perhaps it was fitting that Aleksander Ceferin chose Paris for a hall of mirrors show, just a dozen miles from the real thing in Versailles, but the consequences of last Thursday’s events may be far from illusory. The Uefa president’s dramatic announcement that he did not, after all, plan to run for an unprecedented fourth term was timed in part to wrongfoot his doubters but served only to amplify questions about the governing body’s future.

    Had Ceferin not decided to press for an alteration to Uefa’s term limits there would have been little discussion at this point around the election of a new leader in 2027. It had been a given that this was his time to step down. Perhaps the Slovenian, emerging from a succession of controversies , might have been able to build on the more constructive elements of his reign and depart on a relative high.

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      English FA votes alone against Uefa rule change that allows Ceferin another term

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Thursday, 8 February - 12:01

    • FA’s Mark Bullingham the only delegate to show red card
    • Ceferin cites Lord of the Rings and Romans in Congress speach

    The Football Association stood alone in showing the red card to changes in Uefa’s rules which will allow Aleksander Ceferin the option of standing for a further four-year term as president from 2027.

    The FA chief executive, Mark Bullingham, was the sole national federation delegate to hold up a red card rejecting the amendments at the Uefa Congress in Paris, but the motion passed with 49 of the 55 associations holding up a green card in support.

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      English FA set to vote against plans to give Uefa’s Ceferin a fourth term

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Wednesday, 7 February - 20:46

    • Congress expected to easily pass reforms in favour of Slovenian
    • Uefa also wants to increase amount of women on its exco

    The Football Association will vote against controversial reforms that would allow the Uefa president, Aleksander Ceferin, to run for an unprecedented fourth term.

    In what will be seen as a rare breaking of ranks, England will signal its opposition at the governing body’s annual congress in Paris on Thursday. All of the continent’s 55 member states are to vote on the statute changes and, while they are expected to pass overwhelmingly, the FA intends to make a stand amid widespread disquiet over Ceferin’s plans.

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      Champions League is far from perfect but what is coming next looks worse

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Monday, 18 September, 2023 - 21:00

    Uefa’s drastic restructure of the group stage appears likely to make it more confusing, not more competitive

    “Ce sont les meilleures équipes …” This week, a familiar choral refrain returns to stadiums, bars and living rooms across Europe and beyond. The opening Champions League ‘match day’ offers plenty of intriguing games and historic names – Milan v Newcastle, Feyenoord v Celtic, Bayern v Manchester United. Ideologies collide as Real Madrid host Union Berlin; eras entwine as Manchester City face Red Star Belgrade. It’s a feast of football to be savoured – not least because the group stage is about to change dramatically …

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      Inside a Live Pirate IPTV Blocking Order Protecting UEFA’s Champions League

      news.movim.eu / TorrentFreak · Saturday, 19 August, 2023 - 15:12 · 5 minutes

    computers-s Over the past few weeks, football organizations and broadcasters around Europe have been obtaining and/or renewing permission to block access to unlicensed online streams.

    The Premier League obtained an injunction extension late July, and was closely followed by pay-TV broadcaster Sky which had specific IPTV providers in mind for its blocking measures. The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) also obtained a High Court blocking injunction last month, after obtaining similar permission in previous years.

    The details of these orders, and others obtained by broadcasters elsewhere in Europe, are not made public, but their purpose is well known. The aim is to prevent (or at least disrupt) access to servers that are connected to the supply of infringing streams. In many cases these servers are either operated by IPTV providers themselves or affiliated third-parties. Beyond that, their functions and locations are rarely mentioned in public.

    Inside a Live UEFA-linked Blocking Order

    Given the international nature of UEFA competitions including the Champions League and Europa League, blocking orders are obtained via approved systems in various EU Member States. That may involve a court appearance or a presentation of facts to an administrative body with the authority to approve ISP blocking measures.

    A blocking order authorized through one of these processes was recently made available to TorrentFreak. It describes the need for blocking measures in some detail along with a list of IP addresses to be blocked by internet service providers in an EU Member State, to protect local broadcasters licensed to air UEFA tournaments.

    The order adds to mounting evidence that while rightsholders can certainly monitor IP addresses used during a match, the IP addresses they initially intend to block are known well in advance. This means the IP addresses will be immediately blocked by ISPs when games begin, regardless of whether they actually stream a particular match or event.

    The ‘Pirate’ IP Addresses

    Tests on a selection of the IP addresses listed for blocking didn’t always produce the same results across various IP geolocation services. However, when there were large geographical differences of opinion, ping timing mostly settled the dispute. The image below indicates the supposed locations of the IP addresses/servers listed in the order ( ipinfo.info data) and shows that many are ostensibly located within Europe itself.

    Based on the locations returned for the IP addresses in the order, around 30% are linked to hosts/service providers in the Netherlands, 14% linked to hosts in Germany, 10% in Bulgaria, with Sweden and Ukraine accounting for around 7% each.

    Outliers include an IP address supposedly linked to a server hosted in Azerbaijan (Asia), or potentially Sweden, depending on opinion, plus IP addresses linked to Jordan but geolocated in Europe. Other IP addresses apparently do link to servers in Iran (Middle East) while others linked to Hong Kong (Asia) are both disputed and undisputed, depending on the location service used.

    Multiple listings for the same ISP/IP range are excluded from the table below, while we excluded another allegedly-infringing IP address for wasting the time of the ISPs ordered to block it. As explained here , IP addresses in the range 172.19.X.X are reserved for local use, so including them in a blocking order won’t help to reduce piracy.

    The fact that the IP address was submitted to the authorities and then somehow passed their scrutiny suggests that appropriate checks aren’t being carried out. How many more of these errors exist is unknown because the system operates that way by design.

    The inclusion of any service provider in the list below is solely due to their link with the IP addresses submitted for blocking and not an indication of wrongdoing. Rightsholders are responsible for making ISPs aware of allegedly infringing activity and ISPs have no duty to proactively monitor customers

    #1"> IP Addr #3"> Region #4"> Country #8"> City/Town #13"> ISP/Operator
    45.xx.x.x Asia Azerbaijan (Disputed/.SE) Qaraçuxur TVNET Solution
    45.xx.x.x Europe UK London TCK OOO
    45.xx.x.x Europe Netherlands
    (Disputed/.DE)
    Amsterdam
    (Ping suggests .NL not .DE)
    Ipxo**
    (See note below)
    46.xx.x.x Europe UK/Ukraine London/Mariupol Ipxo**
    169.xx.x.x Europe Germany Frankfurt Datacamp
    193.xx.x.x Europe Poland Gdansk HITME.PL
    193.xx.x.x Europe Sweden*** (Disputed/.NL) Stockholm
    (Ping suggests .SE, not .NL)
    TVNET Solution
    141.xx.x.x Europe France Gravelines OVH SAS
    37.xx.x.x Europe Bulgaria Sofia (Multiple IPs) Host9x Web
    141.xx.x.x Europe Germany Limburg OVH SAS
    194.xx.x.x Asia Hong Kong Cent/West 369 IntoNet
    45.xx.x.x Europe Netherlands (Disputed/UK) Amsterdam
    (Ping suggests .NL not .UK)
    IT Web
    103.xx.x.x Europe Germany Frankfurt UK2/GZ Remittance
    95.xx.x.x Europe UK Maidenhead Iomart Hosting
    143.xx.x.x Europe Netherlands Amsterdam Datacamp
    62.xx.x.x Europe Netherlands Naaldwijk WorldStream
    149.xx.x.x Europe Netherlands (Disputed/.MX) Amsterdam
    (Ping suggests .NL not .MX)
    Cogent Comms.
    45.xx.x.x Europe Netherlands (Disputed) Amsterdam/Ukraine (Tests inconclusive) Sollutium EU
    95.xx.x.x Europe UK Maidenhead Iomart Hosting
    89.xx.x.x Europe Germany Frankfurt Datacamp
    82.xx.x.x Europe Netherlands Amsterdam Parsun Network
    176.xx.x.x M/East Jordan (Disputed) Amman Ipxo**
    193.xx.x.x M/East Iran Tehran IR Research Org
    185.xx.x.x NAM U.S. (Disputed/.UA) New York Virtual Systems*
    (See below)
    149.xx.x.x NAM U.S. Los Angeles LogicWeb

    * The entry 185.xxx. geolocates to the U.S. There are claims its true location is Kyiv, Ukraine.
    **IPXO is a marketplace for IP addresses ( see here ) IP address geolocation data may indicate two locations; e.g the entry above beginning 46.XXX locates to both Mariupol, Ukraine, and also the UK (AS49999)
    *** The entry 193.xxx. geolocates to the Netherlands. Sweden seems more likely based on ping data

    While records exist to link IP addresses to the companies/entities with ultimate control, mapping IP addresses to physical locations is an inexact science. Even companies operating in the ‘IP to location’ market supply data with caveats, so the same also applies to the information listed above.

    There are disputes over the true locations of many IP addresses in the list, and it’s likely that at least some of that confusion exists for that very purpose. In respect of blocking an IP address, none of it really matters in the end, but bouncing between the UK, U.S, and Ukraine can make a traceroute look pretty.

    Basic tests on these and related IP addresses reveal that around a third most likely act as reverse proxies (ports 80, 443, 8081) while others suggest the presence of software linked to encoders, playlists and other related tools.

    Full IP addresses were used in our tests but are limited here to the first octet.

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      L'UEFA enquête sur la participation de l'arbitre Szymon Marciniak à un meeting d'extrême droite

      sport.movim.eu / LEquipe · Thursday, 1 June, 2023 - 20:59


    Szymon Marciniak est visé par une enquête. (N. Luttiau/L'Équipe) L'UEFA a annoncé ce jeudi qu'elle ouvrait une enquête sur l'arbitre polonais Szymon Marciniak, qui avait dirigé la dernière finale de Coupe du monde, et été désigné pour diriger la prochaine finale de Ligue des champions.
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      Aleksander Ceferin (président de l'UEFA) : « Le plafond salarial est notre avenir »

      sport.movim.eu / LEquipe · Wednesday, 26 April, 2023 - 11:18


    ceferin (aleksander) khan (oliver) (P. Lahalle/L'Équipe) Le président de l'UEFA, Aleksander Ceferin, souhaite mettre rapidement en place un plafond salarial pour les clubs.
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