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href="/web/20111022072802/http://ac.uefa.com/news/1703804/">Kadlec extends Leverkusen contract</a></h3><p class="date">Friday 21 October 2011 14.40 CET</p><p class="teaser">Bayer 04 Leverkusen's versatile defender Michal Kadlec has put pen to paper on a two-year contract extension that will keep him at the Bundesliga club until summer 2015.</p></div><div><p class="news_category"></p><h3 class="news"><a href="/web/20111022072802/http://ac.uefa.com/news/1703756/">KR's Halldórsson recognised as Iceland's best</a></h3><p class="date">Friday 21 October 2011 14.20 CET</p><p class="teaser">Goalkeeper Hannes Halld贸rsson is celebrating being named Iceland's footballer of the year by his colleagues following his role in KR Reykjav铆k's double winning campaign.</p></div><div><p class="news_category">UEFA Europa League</p><h3 class="news"><a href="/web/20111022072802/http://ac.uefa.com/news/1703638/">Shevchenko praises Dynamo determination</a></h3><p class="date">Friday 21 October 2011 12.15 CET</p><p class="teaser">Andriy Shevchenko praised his FC Dynamo Kyiv team-mates for their perseverance after Denys Garmash's added-time volley earned them victory against Be艧ikta艧 JK in Group E.</p></div><div><p class="news_category">UEFA Champions League</p><h3 class="news"><a href="/web/20111022072802/http://ac.uefa.com/news/1703692/">UEFA's response to Action Weeks delights FARE</a></h3><p class="date">Friday 21 October 2011 12.01 CET</p><p class="teaser">UEFA's support for the FARE network's 2011 Action Weeks was made clear at all 40 games played on matchday three of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.</p></div><a class="next" href="/web/20111022072802/http://ac.uefa.com/news/"><span class="arrow">></span><span class="text">More news</span></a><div class="clear"></div></div><div class="box" id="newsbox_bc_uefa"><h1>UEFA</h1><div><p class="news_category"></p><h3 class="news"><a href="/web/20111022072802/http://ac.uefa.com/uefa/news/1703612/">UEFA Pro licence student coaches shown the way</a></h3><p class="date">Friday 21 October 2011 10.30 CET</p><p class="teaser">Budding coaches received invaluable advice from UEFA at the latest four-day seminar organised as part of the coach education exchange programme for UEFA Pro licence students.</p></div><div><p class="news_category">UEFA European Women's Championship</p><h3 class="news"><a href="/web/20111022072802/http://ac.uefa.com/uefa/news/1703575/">Finland's women footballers aiming for a Clean Win</a></h3><p class="date">Friday 21 October 2011 9.47 CET</p><p class="teaser">The Finland women's national team will be promoting the country's anti-doping campaign when they launch their UEFA Women's EURO 2013 qualifying challenge against Estonia.</p></div><div><p class="news_category">European Championship</p><h3 class="news"><a href="/web/20111022072802/http://ac.uefa.com/uefa/news/1703538/">Continental becomes UEFA EURO 2012 Official Sponsor</a></h3><p class="date">Friday 21 October 2011 9.00 CET</p><p class="teaser">087 - Last global partner announced for EURO 2012</p></div><div><p class="news_category">UEFA Women's Champions League</p><h3 class="news"><a href="/web/20111022072802/http://ac.uefa.com/uefa/news/1700570/">Ireland's national women's league inaugurated</a></h3><p class="date">Thursday 20 October 2011 12.00 CET</p><p class="teaser">UEFA's funding for women's football continues to make a difference, with the latest example being Thursday's launch of a women's national league in the Republic of Ireland.</p></div><div><p class="news_category"></p><h3 class="news"><a href="/web/20111022072802/http://ac.uefa.com/uefa/news/1701812/">UEFA funding helps women’s national football league launch in Republic of Ireland</a></h3><p class="date">Thursday 20 October 2011 11.36 CET</p><p class="teaser">046 - Bus 脡ireann Women's National League inaugurated in Dublin</p></div><div><p class="news_category">European Championship</p><h3 class="news"><a href="/web/20111022072802/http://ac.uefa.com/uefa/news/1700729/">Continental to sponsor EURO 2012 and 2016</a></h3><p class="date">Thursday 20 October 2011 11.00 CET</p><p class="teaser">Tyre giant Continental is announced as an official sponsor of UEFA EURO 2012 in Poland-Ukraine and UEFA EURO 2016 in France after a "thoroughly gratifying experience" in 2008.</p></div><a class="next" href="/web/20111022072802/http://ac.uefa.com/uefa/news/"><span class="arrow">></span><span class="text">More news</span></a><div class="clear"></div></div><div class="box" id="newsbox_ucl"><h1>UEFA Champions League</h1><div><p class="news_category"></p><h3 class="news"><a href="/web/20111022072802/http://ac.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/1669179/">Kalou, Čech salute Chelsea's Torres and Oriol</a></h3><p class="date">Thursday 20 October 2011 9.52 CET</p><p class="teaser">Salomon Kalou and Petr 膶ech had praise for Fernando Torres and Oriol Romeu in highlighting Chelsea FC's depth after their 5-0 win against a KRC Genk side who are "here to learn".</p></div><div><p class="news_category"></p><h3 class="news"><a href="/web/20111022072802/http://ac.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/1669178/">Change of attitude transforms Schürrle's Leverkusen</a></h3><p class="date">Thursday 20 October 2011 9.09 CET</p><p class="teaser">According to Andr茅 Sch眉rrle, Bayer 04 Leverkusen went from a team that "couldn't even win a Sunday league game" in the first half to superb in the second as they defeated Valencia CF.</p></div><div><p class="news_category"></p><h3 class="news"><a href="/web/20111022072802/http://ac.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/1669180/">Ramsey given lift by Arsenal heroics</a></h3><p class="date">Thursday 20 October 2011 8.46 CET</p><p class="teaser">Aaron Ramsey scored Arsenal FC's late winner at Olympique de Marseille for what he called "a massive result" as the keeper he beat, Steve Mandanda, and Nicolas N'Koulou were left heartbroken.<b><br/></b></p></div><div><p class="news_category"></p><h3 class="news"><a href="/web/20111022072802/http://ac.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/1669183/">Porto frustrated, APOEL keep heads</a></h3><p class="date">Thursday 20 October 2011 8.45 CET</p><p class="teaser">"Clearly it wasn't what we hoped for," said Jo茫o Moutinho after FC Porto were held 1-1 by APOEL FC who, according to A铆lton, are not getting carried away by leading Group G after three games.</p></div><div><p class="news_category"></p><h3 class="news"><a href="/web/20111022072802/http://ac.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/1669185/">Barcelona's Iniesta happy to deny Plzeň</a></h3><p class="date">Thursday 20 October 2011 8.13 CET</p><p class="teaser">The superlatives flowed as FC Viktoria Plze艌's V谩clav Pila艡 discussed Daniel Alves and聽his聽hero聽Lionel Messi; for FC Barcelona's Andr茅s Iniesta the Czech side deserve their own plaudits.</p></div><div><p class="news_category"></p><h3 class="news"><a href="/web/20111022072802/http://ac.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/1669184/">Boateng delights in proving Milan doubters wrong</a></h3><p class="date">Thursday 20 October 2011 7.45 CET</p><p class="teaser">"I love everything about AC Milan" said midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng, who also revelled in proving the doubters wrong聽after scoring in the 2-0 Group H defeat of FC BATE Borisov.</p></div><a class="next" href="/web/20111022072802/http://ac.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/"><span class="arrow">></span><span class="text">More news</span></a><div class="clear"></div></div><div class="box" id="newsbox_nav_uefaeuropaleague"><h1>UEFA Europa League</h1><div><p class="news_category"></p><h3 class="news"><a href="/web/20111022072802/http://ac.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/1703665/">Martins reflects on 'great day' for qualified Sporting</a></h3><p class="date">Friday 21 October 2011 11.55 CET</p><p class="teaser">After making his debut as Sporting Clube de Portugal became the first team into the last 32, Andr茅 Martins said Domingos Paci锚ncia's side "will not slow down" in pursuit of their goals.</p></div><div><p class="news_category"></p><h3 class="news"><a href="/web/20111022072802/http://ac.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/1703551/">All smiles for Tottenham's Pavlyuchenko</a></h3><p class="date">Friday 21 October 2011 9.34 CET</p><p class="teaser">Roman Pavlyuchenko told UEFA.com there was an element of luck about his blistering free-kick which helped Tottenham Hotspur FC beat FC Rubin Kazan to seize the Group A initiative.</p></div><div><p class="news_category"></p><h3 class="news"><a href="/web/20111022072802/http://ac.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/1703541/">Camara snaps at PSG inefficiency</a></h3><p class="date">Friday 21 October 2011 9.16 CET</p><p class="teaser">Captain Zoumana Camara told UEFA.com that Paris Saint-Germain FC had "dropped two points" at 艩K Slovan Bratislava despite earning a 0-0 draw with just nine players.</p></div><div><p class="news_category"></p><h3 class="news"><a href="/web/20111022072802/http://ac.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/1703542/">Wijnaldum: PSV want to be champions</a></h3><p class="date">Friday 21 October 2011 9.02 CET</p><p class="teaser">After his penalty at Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC maintained PSV Eindhoven's perfect Group C run, Georginio Wijnaldum said that their ambition was nothing less than winning the competition.</p></div><div><p class="news_category"></p><h3 class="news"><a href="/web/20111022072802/http://ac.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/1703472/">Hannover 'really annoyed' at dropped points</a></h3><p class="date">Friday 21 October 2011 8.46 CET</p><p class="teaser">"Perhaps in the end we lacked a little European experience," said Mirko Slomka after Hannover 96 were denied at the death by an FC K酶benhavn side delighted to have got a point.</p></div><div><p class="news_category"></p><h3 class="news"><a href="/web/20111022072802/http://ac.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/1703163/">Wood 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