Crystal Palace are set to be banned from next season’s Europa League – and they won’t be the first club to have been kicked out of European competitions. Clubs are barred from competing in the same UEFA competition if an individual or ownership group is considered to have a decisive influence over more than one of those teams.

John Textor has criticised the decision process of France’s football watchdog after Lyon won their appeal against relegation. The seven-time champions have been reinstated to Ligue 1 ahead