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CAS lifts Man City's UEFA FFP ban, but questions remain as to why and how it got this far

On Monday, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) overturned a two-year ban from European football and €30 million fine that were imposed upon Manchester City for breaching UEFA's Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations and failing to cooperate with an investigation by the governing body of European football's Club Financial Control Body (CFCB). City will instead be fined €10m for the failure to cooperate, but will be free to play in UEFA competitions.

We do not know exactly why the ban was overturned -- that will become more clear in the next few days when CAS publishes its full written award -- but the statement released alluded to the fact that some alleged breaches were "not established" and others were "time-barred.