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MONACO, Monaco - Title-holder Sevilla will play another former champion in Feyenoord in the group stage of the Europa League, which now rewards the trophy winner with a Champions League place. The two teams were drawn along with Standard Liege and HNK Rijeka in the 48-team group draw Friday for UEFAs second-tier competition. Inter Milan, also a three-time winner, returns after a one-year absence from UEFA competitions in a group with Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Saint-Etienne and Qarabag. "The Europa League is a very important competition. Its more prestigious" because of the rule change, said Inter official Javier Zanetti, who captained the club to win the 2010 Champions League. Tottenham, a two-time champion, has Besiktas, Partizan and Asteras in its group. Napoli is favoured to advance from a group including Sparta Prague, Young Boys and Slovan Bratislava. Legia Warsaw and Celtic avoided a repeat of their controversial Champions League matches. Legia was eliminated this month after forfeiting a second-leg victory for fielding a suspended player. Celtic was drawn with Salzburg, Dinamo Zagreb and Astra after then losing in the Champions League qualifying playoffs. Legia was grouped with Metalist Kharkiv, Trabzonspor and Lokeren. The Polish champion faces disciplinary action next week after fans displayed a banner accusing UEFA of corruption at its win Thursday against Aktobe of Kazakhstan. Matches in the 12 four-team groups begin Sept. 18. The top two in each group advance to the knockout rounds, and join the eight third-place teams from Champions League groups. Warsaw will host the final at its National Stadium on May 27. The lure of a place in next seasons Champions League is UEFAs new incentive to boost the second-tier event. The Europa League is often criticized by clubs and fans for demanding too much travel for too little reward, with a complicated format and matches played in unpopular Thursday slots. Sevilla earned 14.6 million euros ($19.2 million) in prize money for winning the title last season, when Champions League winner Real Madrid earned 57.4 million euros ($75.7 million). UEFA will distribute more than 200 million euros ($264 million) to 56 clubs involved in the Europa League from the groups onward. More than 900 million euros ($1.18 billion) is paid to 32 Champions League clubs. Asdrubal Cabrera Jersey .75 million contract for the 2014 season and avoided arbitration. The team announced the agreement on Tuesday. Kyle McGowin Jersey . Dwyane Wade took over in the fourth quarter. https://www.cheapnationals.com/237r-fern...-nationals.html. Canadas Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse will reunite at this weekends season-opening World Cup at Canada Olympic Park as they begin their buildup to the Winter Games in Sochi. Daniel Hudson Jersey . His absence against the Celtics comes a day after he scored 43 points in the Heats 100-96 win at Cleveland. Javy Guerra Jersey .2 million deal for the upcoming season with right-hander Garrett Richards.The person spoke on condition of anonymity Saturday because the announcement hadnt been made.MOSCOW - Russias Kuban Krasnodar says it has signed Portugal striker Hugo Almeida after he was released by Serie A side Cesena.Almeida, who has 19 goals in 56 games for Portugal and played at last years World Cup, recently left an Italian relegation candidate and now joins a team eighth in the Russian Premier League.The 30-year-old centre-forward has seen his career decline in recent yearrs after leaving Werder Bremen in 2010.ddddddddddddKuban said Almeida had joined up with the team during its winter training camp in Turkey, passed a medical and signed a contract until the end of the current season with the option of a one-year extension.Almeida was released by Cesena on January 19 with the Italian team then nine points from escaping the relegation zone. ' ' '