BERNE (Switzerland), July 15: The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has rejected an attempt by Portuguese clubs Benfica and Vitoria Guimaraes to have rivals Porto thrown out of this season’s Champions League over bribery allegations.

The CAS announced on its website on Tuesday Benfica and Guimaraes’ appeals against the Portuguese champions’ readmission to the competition had been dismissed.

UEFA had originally banned Porto from this season’s Champions League after the club were stripped of six domestic league points by the Portuguese football authorities for allegedly bribing referees.—Reuters