EUROPEAN BAN: Man City to know fate in July

English Premier League champions, Manchester City will get to know their fate following their appeal against a ban handed to them by Europe’s football governing body, UEFA.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) is expected to announce its decision on the appeal against their two-year European ban.

The hearing was conducted by video conference on Wednesday, and the result to be announced in the first half of July.

“Both parties expressed their satisfaction with respect to the conduct of the procedure”, Cas said.

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City were handed the ban in February by Uefa’s Club Financial Control Body (CFCB), and were fined the club 30m euros.

The body had ruled that the Etihad club committed “serious breaches” of Uefa’s Financial Fair Play regulations between 2012 and 2016.

The CFCB also said City had failed to cooperate with the investigation.

City lodged their appeal late February, saying it was “simply not true” that they had breached the rules.

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