TAKING THE PIZZA

BERLIN: A mushroom pizza branded Champignons League has prompted UEFA to threaten legal action against a small German food company for supposedly violating one of the best-known trademarks in international soccer.

Lawyers for the sport’s governing body warned it was ready to sue over the company’s pun on Champions League.

But Pizza Wolke, from the central German town of Giessen, argued that there was little risk of confusion between a multibillion-euro football competition and a small and cheap frozen pizza.