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Lyon facing possible European ban after UEFA charges

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Lyon players celebrate after scoring against CSKA Moscow in the Europa League match. [Photo: Courtesy]

Lyon could be banned from all European competition after UEFA on Monday charged the French club over incidents at last week's Europa League match against CSKA Moscow.

UEFA said the charges centre on racist behaviour and crowd disturbances. The club already have a suspended two-year ban hanging over them from incidents at a previous Europa League game with Turkish side Besiktas in April 2017.

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