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The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) has decided to take action on the issue of alleged match manipulation in the Greek soccer league, according to media reports which said the issue is now in the hands of its integrity department.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino told the 12 breakaway European Super League clubs on Tuesday that they could not be "half in, half out" of the established football system and must face up to the reality of their decision.

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin and FIFA vice president Greg Clarke are due in Athens on February 25 to help Greece outline its action plan to overhaul soccer, a Greek government spokesman said on Tuesday.

Greece, host of the first modern games in 1896, regained International Olympic Committee representation after four years on Wednesday when the head of its Olympic body Spyros Capralos was elected as one of 10 new members to the global organization.

LJUBLJANA - New UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin confirmed on Friday former Serbia football international Dejan Stankovic would be appointed as his adviser at European football's governing body.

New UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin confirmed on Friday former Serbia football international Dejan Stankovic would be appointed as his adviser.

LJUBLJANA - New UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin confirmed on Friday former Serbia football international Dejan Stankovic would be appointed as his adviser at European football's governing body.

The opening ceremony featured more than 500 guests, including the president of the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) Gianni Infantino, the secretary general of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Theodore Theodoridis and Slovenian Prime Minister Miro Cerar.

The International Football Association Board (IFAB) announced on Saturday that technology would be used to assist referees with game-changing decisions such as goals, penalties, red cards and mistaken identity.

The real live tests will start in 2017-18 period and will last about two years.

Greece provoked fresh concern from European soccer's governing body UEFA on Wednesday over governmental interference which could lead to the Euro 2004 winners' international suspension.

UEFA secretary general Gianni Infantino made plain his unease over proposed amendments to a draft bill to curb violence in domestic sport in a letter to Greek soccer federation.