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Commission paper can protect unique nature of sports

The recent release of the European Commission's much anticipated White Paper on Sport provoked the usual hysterical reaction from the British anti-EU press, with the Daily Telegraph complaining that it is part of a 'Brussels' plot to take over football.

The reality of the reports' content was somewhat different. The White Paper follows the lead set by last year's influential Independent Review of European Football and deals with many issues that have been dominating world sport includi...

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