Goal-line technology will be used during this season's Champions League and Europa League finals.
UEFA's
executive committee met on Friday at the governing body's headquarters
in Nyon, Switzerland where it was decided the technology should be used
for the showpiece matches, which will be played in Milan on May 28 and
in Basle on May 18 respectively.
A
decision had already been announced in January that the technology
would be in place for Euro 2016 this summer and in next season's
Champions League from the play-off round onwards.
At
that time UEFA also said it would look at the feasibility of
introducing goal-line technology from the group stage of the Europa
League starting in 2017-18.
Theodore
Theodoridis was also announced as the governing body's interim general
secretary after Gianni Infantino was elected FIFA president last week.
Theodoridis
was expected to be unveiled as Infantino's successor having been deputy
to the Swiss-Italian since 2010, two years after first joining UEFA as
its director of national associations.
The
Greek official is a former board member of the Hellenic Football
Federation and the son of Savvas Theodoridis, the vice-president of
Olympiacos who are currently embroiled in a match-fixing scandal in
conjunction with the HFF.
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UEFA have appointed Greek Official Theodore Theodoridis as interim general secretary
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| Theodoridis will replace newly elected FIFA President Gianni Infantino as interim general secretary |
The
executive committee also reconfirmed it would await the decision of the
Court of Arbitration for Sport's decision regarding Michel Platini's
appeal on his football ban before deciding to schedule a presidential
election.
CAS
announced last week that the Frenchman was challenging the suspension
from football at a national and international level, which was reduced
from eight years to six by FIFA's Appeal Committee.
Platini
and Sepp Blatter were punished in December over a £1.3million 'disloyal
payment' made to the Frenchman by the former FIFA president. Both men
deny any wrongdoing.
