Malaga's Europa League ban upheld

 

Wednesday 12 June 2013 06:25 EDT
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Joaquin The Malaga winger has re-discovered the sort of form that once made him one of Europe's most feared wide men and although Isco is the star man at the Andalucian club just now, clubs may have been alerted to Joaquin's availability. The
Joaquin The Malaga winger has re-discovered the sort of form that once made him one of Europe's most feared wide men and although Isco is the star man at the Andalucian club just now, clubs may have been alerted to Joaquin's availability. The (GETTY IMAGES)

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The Court of Arbitration for Sport has rejected an attempt by Malaga to overturn a Uefa ban from next season's Europa League over previously unpaid debts.

At a hearing last Tuesday, Malaga challenged Uefa's decision in December to ban the Qatari-owned club from one European competition for missed payments of players' wages and social taxes.

Clubs must pay football and tax debts to retain a licence from their national association to play in Uefa competitions.

Malaga, who reached the Champions League quarter-finals this year, then finished sixth in the Spanish league to earn a Europa League spot. Seville are set to enter Europe's second-tier club competition in their place.

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