(FILES) This general view taken on May 19, 2022, shows a sign with a logo in front of the chateau of FC Girondins de Bordeaux at the club's training ground in Le Haillan, near Bordeaux, south-western France. On August 21, 2026, the Paris Administrative Court confirmed the ban on Girondins de Bordeaux from taking part in national championships, a sanction imposed in July by French sports authorities due to the club's financial mismanagement, further burying its chances of being saved. (Photo by Philippe LOPEZ / AFP via Getty Images)