Here’s something to classify alongside flying pigs and maybe a Unicorn grazing in your garden: one of soccer’s richest clubs being severely punished by the sport itself. I don’t meanpunished by FIFA — maybe that’s a bit too much to hope for — but here we have the No. 2 soccer organizing body, UEFA, which rules over Europe, telling Manchester City that they’re bannedfrom the Champions league for two years, and must cough up a fine of 30 million Euros (about $32 million).
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