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Franck Ribery loses Champions League appeal

Bayern Munich's Franck Ribery will not play in the Champions League final after an appeal against his three-game ban was dismissed, the Court of Arbitration for Sport have confirmed.
Bayern Munich's Franck Ribery will not play in the Champions League final after an appeal against his three-game ban was dismissed, the Court of Arbitration for Sport have confirmed.

Bayern Munich's Franck Ribery will not play in the Champions League final after an appeal against his three-game ban was dismissed, the Court of Arbitration for Sport have confirmed.

The France playmaker was sent off in Bayern's semi-final first-leg contest with Lyon.

Bayern's appeal against the decision was dismissed by UEFA and they took their case to CAS.

But they were again unsuccessful in sealing Ribery's participation in Saturday's final at the Bernabeu in Madrid.

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