MADRID: Spain’s football league launched a lawsuit on Friday (Saturday in Manila) to block a strike threatened by players that it warned could cost 50 million euros ($56 million) per match day in lost revenues.

Players from top teams, including Barcelona and Real Madrid, have threatened to boycott the last games of the season if the government does not renegotiate a reform of football broadcasting rights.

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