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The Latest: Platini not expected to be at France's final

PARIS (AP) The Latest on the European Championship (all times local):

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5:45 p.m.

UEFA leaders do not expect outgoing president Michel Platini to accept their invitation to attend the European Championship final on Sunday.

Though Platini is banned from any football duties until 2019 by FIFA's ethics committee, he could go to see France vs. Portugal at the Stade de France without getting involved in official business.

UEFA interim general secretary Theodore Theodoridis says Platini's invitation has been open for the whole month-long tournament.

Theodoridis says at a UEFA news conference that ''until now he (Platini) has not shown interest, and according to my knowledge, will not be coming.