BRUSSELS, July 9 : Europe's top court on Thursday backed the German Football Association (DFB), ruling that its regulations governing football agents are compatible with EU competition law provided they pursue legitimate objectives in the public interest.The judgment by the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) comes in a case that highlights the growing use of EU competition law to challenge sports regulations.The dispute was brought by sports management company ROGON, alongside an Austrian company and a football agent, which challenged DFB rules covering the licensing, registration and remuneration of agents, as well as their relationships with clubs and players.After the trio argued that the rules breached EU antitrust law, a German court referred questions on t