Bursaspor excluded from Europa League for one year

The Turkish side have been excluded from the competition after they were found to have flouted FFP laws Bursaspor have lost an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport CAS over a one-year ban administered for breaking the governing body's Financial Fair Play FFP rules.The Turkish club were due to play in the Europa League next term, but CAS' upholding of Uefa's sanction means they will be excluded from the competition.In 2012, Bursaspor were fined and given a one-year ban from UEFA club competition, deferred for a three-year probationary period, for breaching FFP.The club played in the Europa League last season, but were found last December to have breached FFP again.Bursaspor filed an appeal with CAS, pushing for the sanction to be set aside or made less severe, but sport's highest court rejected the appeal.