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FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 17, 2018 filer, UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin, center, and the Chairman of the European Club Association, ECA, Italy's Andrea Agnelli, right, attend the drawing of the matches for the Champions League 2018/19 Round of 16, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The 12 European clubs planning to start a breakaway Super League have told the leaders of FIFA and UEFA that they have begun legal action aimed at fending off threats to block the competition. A letter has been sent by the group of English, Spanish and Italian clubs to FIFA President Gianni Infantino and UEFA counterpart Aleksander Ceferin saying the Super League has already been underwritten by a grant of $5.5 billion from a financial institution. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

‘A snake’: Agnelli’s cut-throat soccer politics cause uproar

By ANDREW DAMPF - Associated Press

A man and a young boy walk past a Real Madrid poster of the team celebrating in a merchandising shop in Madrid, Spain, Monday, April 19, 2021. UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin says players at the 12 clubs setting up their own Super League could be banned from this year's European Championship and next year's World Cup. Ceferin spoke after a UEFA executive committee meeting held only hours of the English, Italian and Spanish clubs announced the project that threatens to split European soccer. (AP Photo/Paul White)

Pérez: Super League being created to ‘save soccer’

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

Fans burn a Liverpool replica shirt outside Elland Road, as a protest against Liverpool's decision to be included amongst the clubs attempting to form a new European Super League, in Leeds, England, Monday, April 19, 2021. Reaction to the proposals from 12 clubs to rip up European soccer by forming a breakaway Super League has ranged from anger and condemnation to humor and sarcasm. (Zac Goodwin/PA via AP)

Winners and losers in Super League plan for European soccer

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

PSG's Kylian Mbappe, right, greets Bayern's Lucas Hernandez at the end of the Champions League, second leg, quarterfinal soccer match between Paris Saint Germain and Bayern Munich at the Parc des Princes stadium, in Paris, France, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

PSG, Bayern the big names missing from Super League plan

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH - Associated Press

The Official UEFA Champions League match balls are on display ahead of the Champions League quarter final second leg soccer match between Liverpool and Real Madrid at Anfield stadium in Liverpool, England, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Jon Super) **FILE**

Threats of expulsion rise as UEFA confronts Super League rebel 12

By Rob Harris and Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

The Official UEFA Champions League match balls are on display ahead of the Champions League quarter final second leg soccer match between Liverpool and Real Madrid at Anfield stadium in Liverpool, England, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Jon Super) **FILE**

European soccer split as 12 clubs launch breakaway league

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

Real Madrid's goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois dives for the ball during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Getafe and Real Madrid at the Alfonso Perez stadium in Getafe, Spain, Sunday, April 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Super League: How would the breakaway competition work?

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE - This Wednesday, Dec.10, 2014 file photo shows a general view of San Mames stadium in Bilbao, northern Spain. The Spanish soccer federation has on Friday, April 16, 2021 offered Sevilla as an alternative host city for the European Championships if UEFA rules out using Bilbao as planned. The federation has suggested that Sevilla’s La Cartuja Stadium could be used instead of Bilbao’s San Mames. Last week the federation ruled out allowing fans into San Mames due to the pandemic situation. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos, file)

Seville could fill in for Bilbao to host Euro 2020 games

By JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

Real Madrid's Marco Asensio, left, fights for the ball with Liverpool's Fabinho during a Champions League quarter final second leg soccer match between Liverpool and Real Madrid at Anfield stadium in Liverpool, England, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Jon Super)

UEFA set to approve new Champions League format next week

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016, Zvonimir Boban, FIFA's Deputy Secretary General for Football, holds the lot of Chile during the draw for the soccer Confederations Cup 2017, in Kazan, Russia. Former Croatia and AC Milan great Zvonimir Boban is returning to top level soccer politics as an advisor to UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin according to an announcement Friday April 16, 2021.(AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, FILE)

Croatia great Boban back in soccer politics as UEFA adviser

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

The Official UEFA Champions League match balls are on display ahead of the Champions League quarter final second leg soccer match between Liverpool and Real Madrid at Anfield stadium in Liverpool, England, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Jon Super) **FILE**

European clubs get 2nd shot at UEFA Champions League deal

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

AC Milan's Zlatan Ibrahimovic reacts during the Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Sampdoria at the San Siro stadium, in Milan, Italy, Saturday, April 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Red Star punished for racial abuse of Zlatan Ibrahimović

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FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 24, 2018 file photo, Javier Tebas, the president of the Spanish La Liga, speaks during the World Football summit in Madrid, Spain. The outspoken head of Spain’s league is set to join UEFA’s executive committee next week, it was announced Monday, April 12, 2021. Javier Tebas would work there alongside Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales he has often clashed with. (AP Photo/Paul White, File)

Outspoken La Liga official Tebas set to get UEFA position

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Munich mayor refuses to guarantee fans at Euro 2020 games

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Snow falls over the stadium before the Champions League quarterfinal soccer match between Bayern Munich and Paris Saint Germain in Munich, Germany, Wednesday, April 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

4 Euros host cities get UEFA extension amid doubts on fans

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

Bologna's Riccardo Orsolini competes for the ball with FC Internazionale Milano's Nicolo Barella during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Bologna and Inter Milan at the Renato Dall'Ara stadium in Bologna, Italy, Saturday, April 3, 2021. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)AP)

Italy to allow fans at Euros, some other hosts yet to decide

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015, showing the FIFA Headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. Laura McAllister, a former international soccer player for Wales and official in its national federation, is a candidate for election to join FIFA’s ruling committee and has written a manifesto for European voters who will choose their female delegate to the FIFA Council on April 20, 2021. (Walter Bieri/Keystone File via AP)

McAllister writes manifesto in bid for seat on FIFA Council

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Spectators watch during the World Cup 2022 group G qualifying soccer match between The Netherlands and Latvia at the Johan Cruyff ArenA in Amsterdam, Netherlands,Saturday, March 27, 2021. The match is played in front of a crowd of 5,000 fans at the Johan Cruyff Arena as part of a government-backed pilot scheme to investigate how to safely re-open public venues amid the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

UEFA ends cap on fan limits in stadiums ahead of Euro 2020

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, May 26, 2018 file photo Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates with the trophy after winning the Champions League Final soccer match between Real Madrid and Liverpool at the Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kiev, Ukraine. Neither Lionel Messi nor Cristiano Ronaldo will be in the Champions League quarterfinals for the first time since 2005. The two greatest players of the current generation were both eliminated from the competition this week. Messi scored a goal but missed a penalty as Barcelona was eliminated by Paris Saint-Germain. Ronaldo and his Juventus teammates were ousted by Porto the night before. Ronaldo has won five Champions League titles in his career. Messi has won four. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Control over cash stalls approval on Champions League revamp

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo reacts during the World Cup 2022 group A qualifying soccer match between Serbia and Portugal at the Rajko Mitic stadium in Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, March 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Pandemic blamed for lack of VAR after Ronaldo’s complaints

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press