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LONDON -- Arsene Wenger will feel "let down" if UEFA does not take a strong stance against clubs found guilty of breaking Financial Fair Play rules. Cheap Air Jordan 14 Free Shipping . UEFA will announce the first sanctions this month and more serious cases will be judged in June. A UEFA panel has negotiated settlements with clubs which have breached rules designed to curb owners excessive spending on transfers and wages since 2011. "One of the rules is that normally you should be banned for the excess of the financial amount that is not justified, that is if you are 100 million pounds ($169 million) overboard, you should be punished for 100 million of your wages bill in the Champions League," the Arsenal manager said during a pre-match news conference on Friday. UEFA said in February it targeted 76 clubs which played in the Champions League or Europa League. Speculation centred on big spenders Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City, which are owned by the ruling families of Qatar and Abu Dhabi, respectively. Wenger said its in UEFAs interest to send a strong message when the first sanctions are issued in order to convince clubs to take its scheme seriously. "I want to see that respected. If that is not respected, then the Financial Fair Play will have problems to be respected in the future because everyone will just not consider it at all," Wenger said. UEFA appointed former Belgium Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene to lead the panel investigating club accounts. Serious sanctions will be decided by a panel led by Jose Cunha Rodrigues of Portugal, a judge at the European Court of Justice. 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LOUIS -- The Atlanta Braves used a two-run rally in the ninth to end their road trip with a win.LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The Clippers didnt shoot well, couldnt build more than a 10-point lead, and still managed to usher in the Steve Ballmer era with a victory for their new owner.Blake Griffin scored 23 points, making two free throws with five seconds left, and Chris Paul added 22 in a season-opening 93-90 win Thursday over the Oklahoma City Thunder, who lost another star to injury when Russell Westbrook broke his right hand.It was pretty ugly, Clippers coach Doc Rivers said. We have 81 more games to fix it.Los Angeles hardly resembled its new ad campaign of Be Relentless early on, when the Thunder scored the games first eight points as Ballmer cupped his hands and yelled to his team from his baseline seat near their bench.He paid a record $2 billion to buy the team after 33-year owner Donald Sterling was banned for life by the NBA for racist remarks. The Thunder sent the Clippers packing in the second round of the playoffs last spring, shortly after the Sterling scandal erupted.What I was proud of, they kept fighting defensively, Rivers said. I dont know that we win this game last year.Already without injured Kevin Durant, the Thunder lost Westbrook to a small fracture in his right hand in the second quarter. He left Staples Center wearing a soft cast on his hand and didnt talk with reporters. He will be reassessed Friday.Its unfortunate the way it is right now, but we have to figure out how to get better from all of our experiences, Thunder coach Scott Brooks said. Good teams and good players bounce back from adversity, and our guys understand that.Perry Jones scored a career-high 32 points, making 9 of 11 free throws. The Thunder are 0-2, having dropped their opener a night earlier at Portland.Serge Ibakas 3-pointer at the buzzer went off the rim. He finished with 17 points.Westbrook appeared to hurt his hand while going for a rebound in a crowd. He didnt return and finished with two points and four assists in eight minutes. He appeared to have a verbal exchange with a fan while exiting through the tunnel.Im just glad we all fought and didnt give up despite the injury, Jones said. I dont know why its going on, but all we can do is play our hearts out and keep fighting until everybody gets back.The Thunder cut the deficit to four points on a 3-pointer by Ibaka with 4 1/2 minutes left in the game. J.J. Reddick answered with a 3-pointer after missing his first seven shots to extend the Clippers lead to 89-82. Cheap Air Jordan 21 Free Shipping. During a timeout, the video board flashed to Ballmer, his face contorted and his hands clapping furiously as fans cheered. In wrinkled khaki pants and a checkered shirt, and his credential hung around his neck, Ballmer looked like an average fan.The Thunder cut it to one and after their 27th turnover, Telfair fouled Paul, who missed both free throws with 13 seconds to go.I will be here early to shoot some, Paul said.Telfair forced up an out-of-control shot that missed and Adams fouled Griffin in a scramble for the ball with 5 seconds left. Griffin hit both free throws, which the Clippers needed because Nick Collison got fouled and made both to cut it to 91-90 with 4 seconds to go.Griffin fouled out after he and Ibaka were called for double fouls. Redick made up for his earlier misses when he went to the line and hit both free throws for a 93-90 lead with 2 seconds left.The Clippers shot 39 per cent from the floor and got outrebounded 47-33.We had to defend in order to win the game, Paul said. Thats what great teams are built off of, defence and rebounding.Sterlings estranged wife Shelly was in her usual midcourt seat. She retained it, along with some other perks, and was given the title of owner emeritus by Ballmer as part of the sale. New NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, who banned Donald Sterling, was applauded when he was introduced after the first quarter.Oklahoma Citys early lead took the home crowd out of it moments after the pregame hype ended. Before the Clippers were introduced, they stood watching a video that proclaimed it a new time in franchise history.QUOTE OF THE NIGHTI dont have a K.D. countdown every day, Brooks said.TIP-INSThunder: G Reggie Jackson (right ankle sprain) and G Jeremy Lamb (lower back sprain) sat out. Durant sat on the bench, wearing a walking boot with his black suit.Clippers: F Glen Davis is out with a strained right groin, but he ran on Thursday and could return next week. ... Paul had seven assists to pass Hall of Famer John Havlicek for 28th on the career list with 6,119. ... They improved to 21-24 on opening night.UP NEXTThunder: Host Denver on Saturday in their home opener.Clippers: Are the designated visiting team against the Lakers on Friday. ' ' '
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