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MANCHESTER, England — Manchester City, one of the biggest clubs in soccer and the Premier League champions for two years running, is one step away from a ban on participating in the Champions League after investigators asked for a ruling on whether the team misled European soccer’s financial regulators, the sport’s governing body in Europe said on Thursday.
UEFA, the governing body, confirmed that Yves Leterme, a former Belgian prime minister who now serves as the chief investigator of the unit charged with overseeing the finances of individual clubs, had referred the case to officials for a ruling.