La Liga president Tebas resigns

MADRID, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- The president of the Spanish Football League (La Liga), Javier Tebas, resigned on Wednesday to call new elections.

Tebas, 61, announced his decision a month before his mandate was due to end on December 26, and will present himself as a candidate for a fourth term, after taking the reins of La Liga in 2013.

La Liga confirmed the new elections in a statement.

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