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A quartet of state-of-the art, government-built stadia rise out of former marshland in energy-rich Kazakhstan's futuristic capital Astana, but the Central Asian state's soaring sporting ambitions have been shot down by the global oil slump.

• 18 мая 2016, 13:27

A senior FIFA official called into question Michel Platini's bid for football's top job, saying the failure to disclose a multi-million dollar payment could be seen as a "falsification of accounts".

• 21 октября 2015, 16:31

Michel Platini, president of European football body UEFA and suspended amid a huge corruption scandal rocking the game, admitted there was no written contract for remuneration he received from world body FIFA.

• 19 октября 2015, 15:23

UEFA said it supports suspended president Michel Platini's right to defend himself against corruption allegations following an emergency meeting in Nyon, Switzerland.

• 16 октября 2015, 13:15

Michel Platini will get a strong indication of the level of support from the organisation he heads when UEFA holds its crisis meeting in Nyon.

• 15 октября 2015, 10:59

Kazakhstan's national football team plays against the Netherlands at the UEFA Euro Qualifiers in Astana on October 10

• 09 октября 2015, 23:04

UEFA refused to name a new leader after FIFA banned its president Michel Platini from all football activity for 90 days.

• 09 октября 2015, 14:34

UEFA leader Michel Platini hit out at "insidious" leaks claiming he faces a 90-day suspension from world football's governing body FIFA.

• 08 октября 2015, 16:57

Luis Suarez and Neymar scored second-half goals to give Barcelona a 3-1 Champions League as the Spaniards became the first team to twice win the European treble.

• 07 июня 2015, 14:17

Czech national team has won over Kazakhstan in the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying round. Game ended up with 4:2 in favor of the guest team.

• 15 октября 2014, 21:36

UEFA announced that it had opened probes for suspected breaches of financial fair play rules.

• 26 сентября 2014, 12:52

Real Madrid reached their first Champions League final for 12 years with an historic 4-0 win at Bayern Munich in Tuesday's semi-final, second leg to knock the holders out.

• 30 апреля 2014, 12:15

The match between Karaganda FC Shakhter and FC Maccabi of Haifa city ended in a draw.

• 05 октября 2013, 22:47

Greenpeace campaigners briefly interrupted a Champions League match in Basel on Tuesday to protest against sponsor and Russian energy giant Gazprom.

• 03 октября 2013, 11:02

Kazakhstan's Astana has become an official candidate for hosting the matches of the UEFA Football Championship in 2020.

• 21 сентября 2013, 15:28

The chief coach of Scottish football club Neil Lennon hailed Celtic's dramatic 3-0 win over Kazakhstan's Shakhter the greatest moment of his life.

• 30 августа 2013, 21:10

Kazakhstan football club Shakhter of Karaganda has failed to prevail over Scottish Celtic in the second leg match of the final qualification round of the Champion League.

• 30 августа 2013, 13:34

Kazakhstan's FC Shakhter held its first training for the second leg match against Scottish Celtic.

• 28 августа 2013, 16:58

The chief coach of Karaganda’s FC Shakhter Victor Kumykov has promised to quit smoking if his team wins over Scotland's FC Celtic in the UEFA Champion League.

• 19 августа 2013, 11:13

Kazakhstan FC Aktobe has won over Iceland's Breioablik by penalty shootout with the score of 2:1 and reached the final round of Europe League.

• 10 августа 2013, 12:08