UEFA Deputy General Secretary Giorgio Marchetti (L) delivers remarks flanked by German former footballer Sebastian Rode (R) during the draw ceremony for the league phase of the 2026-2027 UEFA Europa League football tournament at the Grimaldi Forum in the Principality of Monaco on August 28, 2026. (Photo by Valery HACHE / AFP via Getty Images)

Australia's Angus Clover (R) fights for the ball with Syria's Yousef Abdullah (L) during their FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 Asian qualifiers Group E match at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay city, Metro Manila on August 28, 2026. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP via Getty Images)

Syria's Majd Arbasha (C) fights for the ball with Australia's Josh Bannan (R) and Angus Glover (L) during their FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 Asian qualifiers Group E match at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay city, Metro Manila on August 28, 2026. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP via Getty Images)

Syria's Omar Idelbi (R) fights for the ball with Australia's Anthony Dell'Orso (L) during their FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 Asian qualifiers Group E match at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay city, Metro Manila on August 28, 2026. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP via Getty Images)

Australia's Jacob Holt (2nd R) dribbles past Syria's Tarek Aljabi (2nd L) and Kamel Abdullah (R) during their 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup Asian qualifiers group E match at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay city, Metro Manila on August 28, 2026. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP via Getty Images)

General Director of AS Monaco Thiago Scuro (L) and AS Monaco Technical Director Carlos Avina (R) arrive to attend the draw ceremony for the league phase of the 2026-2027 UEFA Europa League football tournament at the Grimaldi Forum in the Principality of Monaco on August 28, 2026. (Photo by Valery HACHE / AFP via Getty Images)

General Director of AS Monaco Thiago Scuro (L) and AS Monaco Technical Director Carlos Avina (R) arrive to attend the draw ceremony for the league phase of the 2026-2027 UEFA Europa League football tournament at the Grimaldi Forum in the Principality of Monaco on August 28, 2026. (Photo by Valery HACHE / AFP via Getty Images)

General Director of AS Monaco Thiago Scuro arrives to attend the draw ceremony for the league phase of the 2026-2027 UEFA Europa League football tournament at the Grimaldi Forum in the Principality of Monaco on August 28, 2026. (Photo by Valery HACHE / AFP via Getty Images)