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UEFA to ban six clubs from European competitions
<h4><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;">FC Porto and Sporting Lisbon are two Portuguese clubs among eight that have been punished and six that have been threatened with removal from European competitions due to outstanding debts.</span></h4>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;">Due to their &#8220;non-compliance with the &#8216;no overdue payables&#8217; condition,&#8221; the clubs have been found in violation of UEFA&#8217;s Financial Fair Play criteria.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;">All of the sanctions were handed down by UEFA&#8217;s newly formed &#8216;First Chamber of Club Financial Control Body.&#8217;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;">Clube Desportivo Santa Clara (Brazil), CSKA Sofia (Bulgaria), Mons Calpe (Gibraltar), CFR Cluj (Romania), Real Betis (Spain), and Astana (Kazakhstan) are among the clubs affected (Portugal).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;">According to the authorities, if the debts are not paid by January 31, 2022, six of the teams will be barred from the champions league.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;">Only Astana and CFR Cluj-Napoca are exempt from the additional sanction.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;">Sporting has already qualified for the knockout stages of the Champions League this season while Athletico Madrid has dumped Porto.</span></p>