Malaga have European ban lifted by UEFA

The Costa del Sol club, who reached the quarter-finals of this season's Champions League, are banned from the next European competition they qualify for over the next four seasons due to delays in payments to creditors - a sanction they are appealing against to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

The punishment, imposed on the Qatar-owned club in December, also threatened Malaga with an additional year ban from Europe unless they proved by March that they had settled outstanding payments to other teams, staff and tax authorities.

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