MUNICH (AP) — Just a day after Germany was picked to host the 2029 European Championship in women’s soccer, its top clubs have split with the national soccer federation over how to run the women’s league.

In a surprise announcement, the 14 clubs in the women’s Bundesliga said they would go ahead with founding an association for “ensuring the modern, professional and sustainable development of the Women’s Bundesliga and strengthening the commercial potential of professional women’s football.”

They’re doing it without the federation, known as the DFB, which currently runs the league. It comes despite long-running talks that had aimed to create a joint venture between the DFB and the clubs. Last month, the DFB said it would invest around 100 million euros ($117 million) in the league over

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