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Scholes fined for breaching FA’s strict betting rules

Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes has been fined 8,000 pounds (US$10,000) by England’s Football Association after accepting a charge of breaching betting rules.

Scholes was charged by the FA in April for placing 140 bets on matches between August 2015 and January 2019. The period covers when Scholes was a part-owner of non-league side Salford City, but before his appointment as Oldham manager in February 2019. “I accept last week’s ruling. I would like to apologize and I understand and fully accept the fine imposed by the FA,” Scholes said. “It was a genuine mistake and was not done with any deliberate intention to flout the rules. “I wrongly believed that as long as there was no personal connection between me and any of the matches that I bet upon then there would be no issue.” Scholes had quit as a Salford director — albeit retaining 10 percent shareholding — before taking his first managerial role with League Two Oldham in February. Scholes lasted just 31 days.




 

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