Soccer-UEFA welcomes EU council adopting resolution on European Sport Model

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Europa League - Round of 16 draw - Nyon, Switzerland - February 28, 2020 General view of the UEFA logo at UEFA Headquarters before the draw REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

(Reuters) - European soccer's governing body UEFA has welcomed the Council of the European Union's decision to adopt a resolution on the European Sport Model, which calls for strengthening of "value-based organised sport" on the continent.

The resolution was unanimously approved by sports ministers on behalf of the EU's 27 member states on Tuesday and follows a European parliament resolution this month that opposed "breakaway competitions." nL1N2SE1UH