SAINT-DENIS, France -- Expanding the European Championship has paid off for UEFA, which expects to make a record profit of 830 million euros ($917 million). Taven Bryan Jersey .UEFAs projected tournament finances published Friday showed total revenue of 1.93 billion euros ($2.13 billion) for the expanded 24-team tournament.The numbers are positive, UEFA interim general secretary Theodore Theodoridis said at a news conference, adding that a larger event was a big success.Revenue is forecast to rise by 34 percent -- earned from 20 extra matches -- over Euro 2012, which had 16 teams and 31 matches played in Poland and Ukraine.Four years ago, UEFAs profit was 593.7 million euros (then $724 million) from its most lucrative competition, according to its financial accounts for that year.UEFA leaders, including Theodoridis and senior vice president Angel Maria Villar, praised Michel Platini, the European football bodys outgoing president who will serve a FIFA ban from official duty until 2019.Platinis pledge to add eight more teams to the tournament was key to him being elected in 2007, and he worked in 2010 with Nicolas Sarkozy, then president of France, to help its hosting bid beat Turkey in a 7-6 vote of UEFA executive committee members.Frances hosting of UEFA Euro 2016 is down to one man: Michel Platini, Villar said at the briefing at Stade de France, where the home nation plays Portugal in the final on Sunday. Michel can be proud, very proud, of his Euro.Still, UEFA does not expect Platini to accept its invitation to attend the match.Platinis tournament legacy includes letting UEFA bank 230 million euros ($254 million) from Euro 2016 to cover its own running costs for the next four years.UEFAs profit will also provide 600 million euros ($663 million) for its 55 member federations for development projects over the next four years.The money was earned by: Broadcast rights of just over 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion); sponsorship and licensing deals worth 480 million euros ($530 million); and sales of tickets and hospitality earning 400 million euros ($441 million).Spending by UEFA on Euro 2016 included 650 million euros ($718 million) on organizing the event; 301 million euros ($333 million) in team prize money; and 150 million euros ($168 million) to clubs for releasing their players to the finals tournament and qualifying matches.UEFA can point to its financial results as an argument for keeping the 24-team format beyond Euro 2020, despite criticism that the quality of football has declined.Many analysts viewed the 16-team format as a perfect number for a tournament bracket and to ensure top teams played against each other in the group stage.The success of surprise semifinalist Wales and quarterfinalist Iceland is also part of UEFAs argument for maintaining the bigger event.There are no small teams in Europe anymore, said Villar, a potential candidate to succeed Platini in a Sept. 14 election. 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The NSW Waratahs prospects of making the Super Rugby finals have suffered a crushing blow, with a 28-17 home loss to the Hurricanes.A magical solo try by outside centre Israel Folau helped the Waratahs overturn an early 11-0 deficit on Saturday night to lead 17-11 early in the second half.However, the Hurricanes produced an unanswered run of similar proportions with 17 unanswered points, which tilted the game irrevocably in their favour and gave New Zealand teams a 4-0 record over Australian teams in the penultimate round.The Waratahs head into next weeks final round level on points with the Brumbies, who are at the top of the Australian conference by virtue of having notched one more win.If the Waratahs lose to the Blues in Auckland next Friday, and go down without getting a bonus point, the Brumbies will wrap up the Australian conference title before their game at home to the Force on Saturday.The Hurricanes produced the more consistent, effective and enterprising play at Allianz Stadium, with classy five-eighth Beauden Barrett finishing with 18 points.Barrett made sure their early dominance was reflected on the scoreboard.He pounced on a chip kick from winger Cory Jane to score a try and slotted two penalties.NSW worked their way back into the game in the second quarter and trailed by just one point at halftime.Giant winger Taqele Naiyaravoro crashed over the line from a pick and drive, with five-eighth Bernard Foley adding a conversion and penalty.The latter kick came from the third penalty awarded to the Tahs after the halftime siren.Foleys penalty came after Hurricanes centre Willis Haalaholo was sin-binned for a high tackle on the Waratahs five-eighth. 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