By Mark Ledsom
BERNE, Switzerland, June 25 - European soccer's
governing body UEFA has denied reports that it is concerned
about the redevelopment of the Kiev stadium chosen to host the
2012 European championship final.
In a statement released on Monday, UEFA said reports that
the organisation had cast doubt on Ukraine's ability to co-host
Euro 2012 alongside Poland because of delayed progress at the
Olympic Stadium were "well wide of the mark".
The statement added that UEFA was "not unduly concerned over
the detailed issues surrounding the stadiums for UEFA Euro
2012".
Ukraine's soccer federation last week posted a report on its
Web site (www.ffu.org.ua) that it said came from a meeting at
UEFA's Swiss headquarters in Nyon in which UEFA officials
expressed concern over failure to start renovation at the
stadium.
UEFA said on Monday that the purpose of the Nyon meeting had
been "to have a global review of the situation in all crucial
operational areas" and had not been focused on the stadium
issues in particular.