GENEVA (AP) — Leaders of top European soccer leagues say they have no plans to take games to the United States, though acknowledged that could change pending a lawsuit in Manhattan. FIFA has shifted its long-time policy of blocking domestic league games being played on the territory of another member federation by withdrawing this month from an antitrust suit filed by U.S. promoter Relevent Sports. The suit is also against the U.S. Soccer Federation. If league games could be organized abroad, European leagues and clubs — especially in England and Spain — could expect offers from the United States, Saudi Arabia and elsewhere. “It’s not part of our current plans, it really isn’t,” English Premier League CEO Richard Masters said on Friday at a news conference after the 34-nation European Leagues group met in London. Still, Masters said uncertainty over the court case meant “no one quite knows exactly what is happening but the door looks ajar potentially in America, at any rate, for matches abroad.” |
Young Mechanists at Jinan Bullet Train Service Station Maintain Trains for Safe OperationYoung Woman in NE China's Heilongjiang Uses Internet to Bring Wealth to VillagersWondrous Xinjiang: Women Entrepreneurs Embroider Golden Future for Rural WomenPic Story of Rural Video Blogger in SW China's SichuanVerstappen grabs pole in Japan for Red Bull oneWoman Devoted to Maliu Folk Embroidery PreservationChina Makes 1Pic Story: Nursing Worker of Elderly Care in Yuhu District, HunanChina's Paddler Xie Claims 1st Gold of Hangzhou Asian Para GamesJapan teen Anraku wins Asiad men's combined sport climbing