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BBC Sport — Football2 days agoCriminal investigation? Relegation or expulsion? The key Man City questions
BBC Sport takes a look at the key questions following the guilty verdicts handed down to Manchester City.
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Guardian — Football2 days agoManchester City could be forced to pay Premier League up to £50m in legal costs
Club have been found guilty of breaking financial rules City deny wrongdoing, saying it is a ‘conspiracy theory’ Manchester City are set to owe the Premier League tens of millions of pounds in compensation for legal costs after being found guilty of virtually all charges brought against them. The Premier League anno…
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BBC Sport — Football2 days agoRepublic of Ireland will play second Israel game - Hallgrimsson
Republic of Ireland head coach Heimir Hallgrimsson says the team's second Uefa Nations League game against Israel will go ahead as planned.
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BBC Sport — Football2 days agoGuardiola backing Man City after guilty verdicts
Former Man City boss Pep Guardiola says he will "always" be behind the club after they were found guilty of financial charges.
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Guardian — Football2 days ago‘Throw your medals in the bin,’ Roy Keane tells Manchester City players
‘They won the titles because cheating was going on’ Micah Richards says he is ‘devastated and heartbroken’ The former Manchester United captain Roy Keane said he would throw the “medals in the bin” if he were a Manchester City player after Premier League confirmation on Tuesday that the club were guilty of all charg…
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BBC Sport — Football2 days ago£1.2bn on transfers with £830m inflated in sponsorships - Man City's 'asterisk era'
BBC Sport analyses Manchester City's dominance of English football during the period in which they were breaching financial rules.
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BBC Sport — Football2 days agoThe part-timers who won three Wembley finals in a row
You probably knew Pep Guardiola's Manchester City won four League Cups on the bounce between 2018 and 2021 – but another side did the silverware hat-trick first.
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Guardian — Football3 days agoDisguised funding and dishonest witnesses: key findings in Manchester City case
After the Premier League published the ‘core decision’ of its independent commission, we pick out the main elements The independent commission’s “core decision” is a 40-page document which appears to confirm the worst interpretation of Manchester City’s behaviour. Central to the finding that the club were guilty of…
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BBC Sport — Football3 days agoThe intricate web Man City spun to con the Premier League
The 40-page document which confirmed Manchester City were found guilty of inflating sponsorship income makes fascinating reading. Here's what it sets out.
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Guardian — Football3 days agoSham City: verdict on financial breaches is damning and punishment must be severe | Jonathan Wilson
How can Manchester City be trusted under these owners after they were found to have devised £900m of ‘sham’ contracts? How bad could it be, really? How serious can a breach of arcane financial regulations be, really? Just how damning can accountancy be? Even after Friday’s revelation that Manchester City had been fo…
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Guardian — Football3 days agoManchester City CEO Soriano says guilty verdicts are ‘a Premier League conspiracy theory’
Soriano: the case is based on ‘a single false accusation’ Club to appeal after verdict on more than 100 charges Manchester City’s chief executive, Ferran Soriano, has said the guilty verdicts against the club for breaches of financial rules are based on “a single false accusation” and a “Premier League conspiracy th…
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BBC Sport — Football3 days agoMan City guilty of 'sham' contracts and £830m 'disguised funding scheme'
The Premier League confirms that Manchester City have been found guilty of all charges related to breaches of Premier League financial rules between 2009-10 and 2017-18.
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Guardian — Football3 days agoManchester City guilty over Premier League charges after £900m of ‘sham’ contracts
Commission: club broke rules over nine-season period City will appeal against verdict before Friday deadline The Premier League has confirmed Manchester City have been found guilty of all charges of breaching its financial rules over a nine-year period, with the club found to have boosted their income by a staggerin…
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Guardian — Football3 days agoFootball Daily | Oh Jürgen! Mixed fortunes for the Nations League’s fab four
Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! This time last week, Football Daily romanticised a continental renaissance of sorts. The arrival of Jürgen Klopp, Zinedine Zidane and Xavi Hernández on the international management scene piqued our interest . We were also impressed by the clanging brass stones of R…
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Guardian — Football3 days agoDavid Squires on … the Manchester City verdict and Nations League tensions
Our cartoonist on the Premier League’s ruling finally being revealed and Israel v Republic of Ireland Buy a cartoon | Some of David’s favourite works And his latest book, Chaos in the Box: get it now Continue reading...
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Guardian — Football3 days agoHow important is a fast start for teams chasing the Premier League title?
Manchester City have kicked off the campaign with five victories in a row but the title race is a marathon not a sprint By Opta Analyst The first international window gives us time to take stock and make sense of what has happened in the early weeks of the Premier League season. Manchester City are the only team to…
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Guardian — Football3 days agoChloe Kelly and Ella Toone dropped by England after not hitting ‘expected’ level
Chelsea’s Lexi Potter gets first call-up to face Greece Leah Williamson back after injury for World Cup playoff Ella Toone and Chloe Kelly have been dropped from England’s squad because of their performance levels by Sarina Wiegman, who has given a first call-up to the 20-year-old Chelsea midfielder Lexi Potter. Too…
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BBC Sport — Football3 days agoToone and Kelly miss out on Lionesses squad
Manchester United midfielder Ella Toone misses out on selection for England's Women's World Cup qualifying matches this month.
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BBC Sport — Football3 days agoMan Utd do not deserve Man City titles - Rooney
Wayne Rooney says Man Utd do not "deserve" to be awarded Premier League titles if rivals Man City are stripped of them.
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Guardian — Football3 days agoAston Villa sack manager Natalia Arroyo with club second-bottom of WSL
Villa have two points from first four league matches Arroyo took charge of women’s side in January 2025 Aston Villa have sacked Natalia Arroyo as their women’s manager, with the side winless and second-bottom of the Women’s Super League. Arroyo was let go on Monday night, after Villa endured a 4-0 defeat at Tottenha…
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BBC Sport — Football3 days agoFifa accuses Uefa of 'misinformation campaign'
Uefa's suggestions that Fifa president Gianni Infantino "violated any law or ethical principle are categorically without merit" says world football's governing body.
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