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class="newsThumb" href="/web/20120105062958/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/events/tv/news/newsid=1737813.html"><img src="/web/20120105062958im_/http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Photo/competitions/General/01/45/05/60/1450560_s5.jpg" alt="UEL Greece media rights 2012-15" width="75" height="75"/></a> </div><div class="nlbody"><p class="newsRoofline"><a href="/web/20120105062958/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/events/tv/index.html" title="TV">TV</a></p><h2 class="nTitle"><a href="/web/20120105062958/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/events/tv/news/newsid=1737813.html" title="UEL Greece media rights">UEL Greece media rights</a></h2><div class="newsComment innerText"><a href="/web/20120105062958/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/events/tv/news/newsid=1737813.html">Antenna have been awarded the remaining UEFA Europa League media rights in Greece for the period between 2012 and 2015.</a></div><div class="newsDate">Thursday 22 December 2011 15.57CET</div> </div></li><li id="A0001_9" class=" s5"><div class="fl"><a class="newsThumb" href="/web/20120105062958/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/aboutuefa/organisation/history/obituaries/newsid=1737754.html"><img src="/web/20120105062958im_/http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Photo/competitions/NationalAssociation/01/73/74/40/1737440_s5.jpg" alt="Former Soviet Union goalkeeper Rudakov dies" width="75" height="75"/></a> </div><div class="nlbody"><p class="newsRoofline"><a href="/web/20120105062958/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=ukr/index.html" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a></p><h2 class="nTitle"><a href="/web/20120105062958/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/aboutuefa/organisation/history/obituaries/newsid=1737754.html" title="USSR keeper mourned">USSR keeper mourned</a></h2><div class="newsComment innerText"><a href="/web/20120105062958/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/aboutuefa/organisation/history/obituaries/newsid=1737754.html">Former FC Dynamo Kyiv goalkeeper Evgeni Rudakov, who reached the 1972 UEFA European Championship final with the Soviet Union, has died at the age of 69.</a></div><div class="newsDate">Thursday 22 December 2011 12.36CET</div> </div></li><li id="A0001_10" class=" s5"><div class="fl"><a class="newsThumb" href="/web/20120105062958/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/mediainformation/newsid=1737699.html"><img src="/web/20120105062958im_/http://www.uefa.com/imgml/default/minfo/mi_s5.jpg" alt="Media rights deal for 2012-15 UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League announced in Indonesia" width="75" height="75"/></a> </div><div class="nlbody"><h2 class="nTitle"><a href="/web/20120105062958/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/mediainformation/newsid=1737699.html" title="Media rights deal for 2012-15 UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League announced in Indonesia">Media rights deal for 2012-15 UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League announced in Indonesia</a></h2><div class="newsComment innerText"><a href="/web/20120105062958/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/mediainformation/newsid=1737699.html">071 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href="/web/20120105062958/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/mediainformation/newsid=1737445.html">070 - ELTA awarded all media rights</a></div><div class="newsDate">Wednesday 21 December 2011 15.58CET</div> </div></li><li id="A0001_13" class=" s5"><div class="fl"><a class="newsThumb" href="/web/20120105062958/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/events/tv/news/newsid=1737437.html"><img src="/web/20120105062958im_/http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Photo/competitions/General/01/45/05/60/1450560_s5.jpg" alt="ELTA wins Taiwan media rights" width="75" height="75"/></a> </div><div class="nlbody"><p class="newsRoofline"><a href="/web/20120105062958/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/events/tv/index.html" title="TV">TV</a></p><h2 class="nTitle"><a href="/web/20120105062958/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/events/tv/news/newsid=1737437.html" title="ELTA wins Taiwanese rights">ELTA wins Taiwanese rights</a></h2><div class="newsComment innerText"><a href="/web/20120105062958/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/events/tv/news/newsid=1737437.html">ELTA has been awarded the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League media rights in Taiwan, with a highlights programme each matchnight, for the period from 2012 to 2015.</a></div><div class="newsDate">Wednesday 21 December 2011 15.16CET</div> </div></li><li id="A0001_14" class=" s5"><div class="fl"><a class="newsThumb" href="/web/20120105062958/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/mediainformation/newsid=1737400.html"><img src="/web/20120105062958im_/http://www.uefa.com/imgml/default/minfo/mi_s5.jpg" alt="Media rights deal for 2012-15 UEFA Europa League announced in Portugal" width="75" height="75"/></a> </div><div class="nlbody"><h2 class="nTitle"><a href="/web/20120105062958/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/mediainformation/newsid=1737400.html" title="Media rights deal for 2012-15 UEFA Europa League announced in Portugal">Media rights deal for 2012-15 UEFA Europa League announced in Portugal</a></h2><div class="newsComment innerText"><a href="/web/20120105062958/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/mediainformation/newsid=1737400.html">069 - Sport TV awarded certain media rights</a></div><div class="newsDate">Wednesday 21 December 2011 11.06CET</div> </div></li><li id="A0001_15" class=" s5"><div class="fl"><a class="newsThumb" href="/web/20120105062958/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/events/tv/news/newsid=1737375.html"><img src="/web/20120105062958im_/http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Photo/competitions/Comp_Matches/01/63/27/28/1632728_s5.jpg" alt="Portugal UEFA Europa League media rights" width="75" height="75"/></a> </div><div class="nlbody"><p class="newsRoofline"><a href="/web/20120105062958/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/index.html" title="UEFA Europa League">UEFA Europa League</a></p><h2 class="nTitle"><a href="/web/20120105062958/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/events/tv/news/newsid=1737375.html" title="Portuguese media rights">Portuguese media 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