An urgent court ruling Wednesday has stopped a UEFA
punishment against Atlético Madrid for Nazi salutes by a fan at a Champions
League game against Manchester City.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport’s interim ruling came
hours before Atlético hosts the second-leg game in the quarterfinals.
Atlético appealed to CAS to challenge a UEFA decision Monday
ordering the club to close a 5,000-seat section of its stadium as punishment
for “discriminatory behavior” at the first leg in Manchester last week.
The Atlético fan was filmed making a Nazi-style gesture
during the team’s 1-0 loss.
CAS cited “serious repercussions to local security if the
partial stadium closure had to be enforced at this late stage.”
The court granted Atlético’s request for an interim ruling
freezing the UEFA sanction pending a full hearing in the case.-AP
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