Fans demand Champions League final be moved from Istanbul to England

Grant Shapps says fans should not travel to the Champions League final in Turkey as the country has moved into the travel red list – sparking fans to call for the game to be moved to England.  Chelsea and Manchester City are due to meet in the final on May 29 in Istanbul, with around … Read more

Fans demand Champions League final be moved from Istanbul to England

Grant Shapps says fans should not travel to the Champions League final in Turkey as the country has moved into the travel red list – sparking fans to call for the game to be moved to England.  Chelsea and Manchester City are due to meet in the final on May 29 in Istanbul, with around … Read more

English fans should be BANNED from travelling to the Champions League final in Istanbul, insists MP

Up to 8,000 British football fans could get tickets for the Champions League final in Turkey this month as UEFA draws up plans to host the match in front of a stadium of thousands despite the country’s Covid outbreak. Manchester City and their opponents in the final will receive up to 4,000 tickets each for fans … Read more

English fans should be BANNED from travelling to the Champions League final in Istanbul, insists MP

Manchester City and their opponents in the Champions League final will receive up to 4,000 tickets each for the match to be played in Turkey. UEFA and Turkish authorities are believed to be drawing up plans to accommodate 25,000 spectators at the Ataturk Stadium for the match on May 29. If approved, the stadium in Istanbul … Read more

Fans face anxious wait to see if they can travel to Istanbul for the Champions League final

Manchester City and Chelsea fans face anxious wait to see if they can travel to Istanbul for the Champions League final – if their sides make it – after Turkey enters a three-week lockdown UEFA confirmed that the Saturday May 29 final will take place in Istanbul, Turkey Europe’s governing body are working towards having … Read more

Fans face anxious wait to see if they can travel to Istanbul for the Champions League final

Manchester City and Chelsea fans face anxious wait to see if they can travel to Istanbul for the Champions League final – if their sides make it – after Turkey enters a three-week lockdown UEFA confirmed that the Saturday May 29 final will take place in Istanbul, Turkey Europe’s governing body are working towards having … Read more

Istanbul Baskaksehir’s bench ‘called the fourth official “gypsy”‘

The fallout from the Champions League clash between Istanbul Basaksehir and Paris Saint-Germain has taken a new twist after footage appeared to show the Turkish bench calling the fourth official a ‘gypsy’.   Footage released by Romanian channel Digi24 has emerged and a voice with a reported Turkish accent in the background appears to make a derogatory remark … Read more

PSG and Istanbul Basaksehir resume their Champions League clash

The Champions League clash between Paris Saint-Germain and Istanbul Basaksehir got back underway on Wednesday after the encounter was abandoned 24 hours earlier following allegations of racism aimed at fourth official Sebastian Coltescu. The Group H match was suspended midway through the first half on Tuesday after Pierre Webo, Basaksehir’s black assistant manager, was allegedly racially … Read more

PSG and Istanbul Basaksehir resume their Champions League clash

The Champions League clash between Paris Saint-Germain and Istanbul Basaksehir got back underway on Wednesday after the encounter was abandoned 24 hours earlier following allegations of racism aimed at fourth official Sebastian Coltescu. The Group H match was suspended midway through the first half on Tuesday after Pierre Webo, Basaksehir’s black assistant manager, was allegedly racially … Read more

John Barnes backs Romanian official at centre of PSG Istanbul race storm

John Barnes has come out in defence of the fourth official at the centre of a race storm following Paris Saint-Germain’s postponed Champions League game with Istanbul Basaksehir. Players accused Romanian official Sebastian Coltescu of racially abusing Basaksehir’s assistant coach Pierre Webo in the early stages of the match – by using the word ‘negru’, … Read more