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Javier Tebas to run La Liga for four more years

MADRID -- La Liga has provisionally elected Javier Tebas to a second four-year term as president.

Tebas ran unopposed after Alex Aranzabal ended his proposed candidacy on Tuesday, a day before the deadline for candidates to register.

The Spanish league is composed of 42 first- and second-division teams in Spain.

La Liga said on Wednesday that Tebas will be officially confirmed as president on Oct. 11.

The 54-year-old Tebas is a lawyer. He was first elected league president in 2013, running unopposed.

His biggest success during his first term was consolidating the sale of television rights for Spanish football under the league's control.