{
  "id": 10729467,
  "title": "Man City broke financial rules, to face sanctions, Premier League insists",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/man-city-broke-financial-rules-to-face-sanctions-premier-league",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-29T16:32:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
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    "url": "https://punchng.com/man-city-broke-financial-rules-to-face-sanctions-premier-league-insists/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Manchester City has been found guilty of serious breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules over a nine-season period, with an independent Commission determining that the club used \"sham\" commercial agreements to artificially inflate its revenues and reduce its costs by more than £900m. The Premier League announced the findings on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, after publishing a redacted version of the Commission’s Core Decision. The club is accused of arranging \"sham\" contracts with commercial partners, relying on \"sham\" agreements, filing misstated accounts, and concealing the true state of its finances from auditors and football regulators.",
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    "outlets": 7,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Man City guilty of almost all the 115 financial breaches, Premier League says in explosive verdict",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/man-city-guilty-of-almost-all-the-115-financial-breaches-premier",
        "published": "2026-09-29T16:09:15.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "Man City guilty of almost all the 115 financial breaches, Premier League says in explosive verdict",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/man-city-guilty-of-almost-all-the-115-financial-breaches-premier-10741966",
        "published": "2026-09-29T16:49:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Man City reject EPL’s financial breaches verdict, vow to appeal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/man-city-reject-epls-financial-breaches-verdict-vow-to-appeal",
        "published": "2026-09-29T16:52:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "IOL",
        "title": "Manchester City to appeal against Premier League guilty verdict over financial breaches",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/manchester-city-to-appeal-against-premier-league-guilty-verdict-over",
        "published": "2026-09-29T17:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "'Disappointed & Surprised': Manchester City Respond To Premier League Verdict On Financial Rule Breaches",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/disappointed-surprised-manchester-city-respond-to-premier-league",
        "published": "2026-09-29T17:37:22.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "‘Relentless’ Man City claim innocence following Premier League verdict",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/relentless-man-city-claim-innocence-following-premier-league-verdict",
        "published": "2026-09-29T17:50:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}