UEFA to decide Milan's fate today

UEFA will announce this afternoon whether to allow Milan to participate in this season's Champions League. Milan will face Cork City of Ireland or Red Star Belgrade in the third qualifying round if UEFA decides they can play in Europe's premier club...

UEFA will announce this afternoon whether to allow Milan to participate in this season's Champions League.

Milan will face Cork City of Ireland or Red Star Belgrade in the third qualifying round if UEFA decides they can play in Europe's premier club competition.

The six-times European champions were found guilty in the Serie A match-fixing probe but an Italian soccer appeals court adjudicating in the scandal reduced their initial punishment.

Milan, initially deducted 15 points, had the deficit cut to eight which enabled them to be included in last Friday's Champions League draw.

European soccer's governing body said on Monday that it had "invited Milan and the Italian Football Federation to submit observations on the matter after last Thursday's meeting of the Emergency Panel".

The panel will decide "after a detailed study of the matter, including analysis of any further information received".

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