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Football Notes: Malta To Host Meeting Of European Powerbrokers

Malta will be hosting a meeting of some of European football's national presidents to "hear details" of UEFA President Michel Platini's "manifesto for FIFA takeover." The Sept. 15-16 meeting will be attended by UEFA members who "mostly supported" Prince Ali bin al-Hussein in his leadership bid against FIFA President Sepp Blatter. The meeting is "one of few scheduled meetings where large numbers of FIFA voters will gather before the election congress in Zurich" (MALTA TODAY, 8/11). ... The Irish FA has been fined €3,000 ($3,300) over the firework incident "in which a press photographer was injured." It happened during the Euro 2016 qualifier between Northern Ireland and Romania at Windsor Park on June 13. The IFA said it had used video evidence "to show the firework had been thrown from the section of the ground where Romanian fans were accommodated" (BBC, 8/11). ... Italian Football Federation (FIGC) Prosecutor Stefano Palazzi has requested that Catania be demoted to the Lega Pro and deducted five points. The Elefanti "are facing sporting punishment" for the "Goal Trains" scandal, in which club President Antonino Pulvirenti admitted to attempting to fix five matches (FOOTBALL ITALIA, 8/11).

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