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LISBON, June 4: Porto have been excluded from next season’s Champions League by European football’s governing body UEFA over the alleged bribery of referees in the 2003-04 season, the Portuguese club said in a statement on Wednesday.
Porto said it would try to overturn the decision through the UEFA appeals body. The club gave no further details and its officials were not immediately available to comment.
“It was notified today by the Controls and Disciplinary body of UEFA that (Porto) it will not be admitted to the 2008-09 campaign of the UEFA Champions League,” Porto said.—Reuters
