Red Bull Neymar jr’s five-a-side qualifiers kicks off

New Delhi: Following the success of the 2019 edition, Red Bull Neymar Jr.s Five, a globally established five-on-five football tournament kicked-off its fifth edition with the city qualifiers across 18 cities in the country. The cities include Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Goa, Indore, Delhi, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Guwahati, Kolkata, Aizawl, Shillong, Bhubaneswar, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai and Kochi. Indore and Lucknow are the new cities added to the roster of city qualifiers this year.

The winning teams will compete in the Red Bull Neymar Jr’s Five national finals in April 2020 for a chance to make it to the Red Bull Neymar Jr’s Five 2020 World Finals in Brazil in July. It is the biggest 5-a-side football tournament in the country in terms of locations & participants. IANS

UEFA’s Adjudicatory Chamber found City had committed “serious breaches” of the UEFA Club Licensing and Financial Fair Play Regulations by overstating its sponsorship revenue in its accounts and in the break-even information submitted to UEFA between 2012 and 2016. The administrative body also accused the club of refusing to cooperate in the investigation.

City said it would appeal the decision to the Lausanne, Switzerland-based Court of Arbitration for Sport. UEFA’s decision has no bearing on Manchester City’s 2019-2020 season, with the club set to take on Real Madrid next week in the first leg of their round of 16 clash in the Champions League, European soccer’s premier annual club competition. IANS

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