City ban overturned

Football: Manchester City's twoyear ban from European football has been overturned by the Court of Arbitration of Sport, the Lausannebased court said yesterday.

The decision means Pep Guardiola's team will compete in next season's Champions League.

CAS ruled that City did not breach Financial Fair Play rules by disguising equity funding as sponsorship. The court also reduced a fine for failing to cooperate with Uefa to ¤10 million ($NZ17.15 million) from ¤30 million.

Uefa had ruled in February that City had committed serious FFP breaches and failed to cooperate with its investigation. — Reuters