No League Cup reprieve for PSG

0 Comments | AFP, July, 2008

PARIS (AFP) — League Cup winners Paris Saint Germain's bid to overturn a ban on them competing in the 2008-2009 competition was on Tuesday turned down by the French football federation (FFF).

During an emergency meeting Tuesday morning the FFF dismissed a proposal by the French national Olympic Committee (CNOSF) to have the ban transformed into a match behind closed doors at the beginning of the season.

The CNOSF on Monday said they found the sanction "disproportionate".

But the FFF judged the original sanction as "appropriate given the particular nature and the seriousness of the facts".

In April the Professional Football League (LFP) banned the winners from next season's competition after PSG fans displayed a controversial banner during their...