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Champions League: UEFA bans two referees until June 2025
UEFA have banned Bartosz Frankowski and Tomasz Musial from refereeing, for bringing the game into disrepute.
The two Polish officials went on a drunken bender before a Champions League match between Rangers and Dynamo Kyev in Poland in August.
UEFA Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body has now suspended both Frankowski and Musial from refereeing until June 30.
After Frankowski and Musial were arrested for trying to steal a road sign in the early hours of the morning, UEFA had to appoint Tomasz Kwiatkowski and Pawel Malec as replacements to work on VAR for the match.
Frankowski is regarded as one of Poland’s top officials, having refereed at Euro 2020 and Euro 2024, where he was a VAR.
Both he and Musial have also officiated in Poland’s Ekstraklasa and the Champions League.
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Libya vs Nigeria: CAF keeps parties in suspense
The Confederation of Africa Football is keeping all concerned in suspense after failing to announce its verdict on Wednesday as regards the botched AFCON qualifying Group A fixture scheduled for October 15 at Benina Martyrs Stadium.
It appears the football body has yet to arrive at a decision, with BeIN Sports revealing that the Disciplinary Committee entertained explanations from both parties on Wednesday via video conference, with Libya and Nigeria duly represented.
CAF had previously decided to cancel the Libya-Nigeria match after the Nigerian national team left Libya in protest at the diversion of its flight to Labraq Airport, where they were locked in for 18 hours with neither food nor water.
Nigeria had called on CAF to intervene to rescue them from detention inside Labraq Airport, according to the Nigerian side’s allegations.
CAF President, Patrice Motsepe, said that the incident was under investigation as the rules for receiving visiting teams are being reviewed, stressing that CAF will take strict decisions in this crisis and will not tolerate any deviation.
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Champions League: Barcelona thrash Bayern 4-1, Man City hammer Sparta Prague 5-0
Raphinha netted a hat-trick as Barcelona thrashed Bayern Munich 4-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday night.
The Brazilian winger opened the scoring in the first minute of the game before Harry Kane equalised within 10 minutes.
But Robert Lewandowski put Barca in front before Raphinha completed his hat-trick.
At the Etihad, Manchester City hammered Sparta Prague 5-0. Erling Haaland scored twice, while Phil Foden, John Stones and Matheus Nunes also got on the scoresheet.
Darwin Nunez scored the only goal as Liverpool won 1-0 at RB Leipzig.
In other games, Lille won 3-1 at Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan beat Young Boys 1-0 and Bayer Leverkusen were held to a 1-1 draw by Brest.
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Champions League: Arsenal, Real Madrid win, PSV hold PSG
Real Madrid pulled off another sensational comeback in the Champions League on Tuesday night, coming from two goals down to defeat Borussia Dortmund 5-2 at the Bernabeu.
The Bundesliga side stunned the home crowd with goals from Donyell Malen and Jamie Bynoe-Gittens.
But Vinicius Junior struck a second-half hat-trick as the holders took all three points.
At the Emirates, Gabriel Martinelli forced an own goal in the first half, as they edged Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0.
PSV played out a 1-1 draw with Paris Saint-Germain.
In other fixtures, AC Milan beat Club Brugge 3-1, Aston Villa saw off Bologna 2-0, Stuttgart shocked Juventus 1-0 in Turin and Sporting Lisbon won 2-0 at Sturm Graz.
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