"Football is and will remain an important pillar of our sponsoring strategy," the German carmaker said, which faces fines and lawsuits over its cheating of U.S. diesel emissions tests that could cost it tens of billions of euros.
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(Reporting by Georgina Prodhan; Editing by Maria Sheahan)
