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CAS to Hear Man City’s Appeal against 2-Year Ban in June

GENEVA  — Manchester City's appeal against a two-year ban from European soccer will be heard over three days in June, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said Tuesday.

CAS set aside June 8-10 for the case. It is unclear if a hearing will be held in person at the court or by video link.

No timetable was set for a verdict but a ruling is needed before English teams enter next season's Champions League draw. The draw in Monaco is scheduled for Aug. 27 but could be pushed back because of the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.

Man City was banned by UEFA in February for "serious breaches" of financial monitoring rules and failing to cooperate with investigators. The English champions have been accused of deceiving UEFA in order to comply with Financial Fair Play regulations.

Announcing its verdict three months ago, UEFA said City was guilty of "overstating its sponsorship revenue in its accounts and in the break-even information submitted to UEFA between 2012 and 2016."

UEFA also fined Man City 30 million euros ($33 million) after an investigation that was sparked by leaks of internal club correspondence published in November 2018 by German magazine Der Spiegel.

The emails and documents appeared to show that City overstated sponsorship revenue and masked the source of revenue from deals to tied to the club's owners in the Abu Dhabi royal family.

The club has denied wrongdoing.

'They are simply not true," City CEO Ferran Soriano said of the allegations in February in an in-house interview. "We have to be respectful as we have been of this process."

City failed with a previous appeal at CAS which tried to block UEFA-apppointed judges from taking on the case presented by club finance investigators. Three CAS judges ruled that appeal was not valid last November.

During the UEFA investigation, City won its fourth Premier League title in eight seasons.

City continued to play in this season's Champions League after the ban for two future seasons was announced.

In the round of 16, City beat Real Madrid in the first leg in Spain. The return game has been postponed since March and is not due to be played until August. UEFA is hoping to complete the competition by the end of August.

City is in second place behind runaway leader Liverpool in the Premier League. If a ban by UEFA is upheld, the fifth-place team is likely to take City's place in the next Champions League.

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