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  "id": 10731011,
  "title": "Premier League Confirms Manchester City Found Guilty of All Serious Charges",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/premier-league-confirms-manchester-city-found-guilty-of-all-serious",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-29T16:13:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Front Office Sports",
    "slug": "front-office-sports",
    "url": "https://frontofficesports.com/article/premier-league-manchester-city-guilty/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Premier League has confirmed that its independent commission has found Manchester City guilty of all serious charges related to breaches of the league's financial rules, according to the announcement made on Tuesday. The three-year review revealed that the club engaged in \"sham\" agreements with sponsors, artificially inflating revenues by more than 900 million pounds over a nine-season period from 2009 to 2018, reported the source. The league further stated that Manchester City failed to cooperate in the league investigation, creating these agreements as part of a \"disguised funding scheme\" where the companies would only pay a portion of the money, while the rest came from the club's ownership, Abu Dhabi United Group. The commission concluded that the club's conduct clearly intended to circumvent the Premier League Rules, which led to misleading accounts filed by the club and misleading auditors and soccer bodies, stated the league announcement.",
  "summary": "The league confirmed its findings in a statement Tuesday.",
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        "title": "Manchester City found guilty on all Premier League charges over rule breaches",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/manchester-city-found-guilty-on-all-premier-league-charges-over-rule",
        "published": "2026-09-29T16:05:21.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Tempo.co English",
        "title": "Manchester City Found Guilty of All Premier League Financial Charges",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/manchester-city-found-guilty-of-all-premier-league-financial-charges",
        "published": "2026-09-29T17:13:37.000Z"
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        "title": "Timeline of the Premier League vs. Manchester City",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/timeline-of-the-premier-league-vs-manchester-city",
        "published": "2026-09-29T17:30:25.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "Man City found guilty of all charges related to serious breaches of financial rules, Premier League says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/man-city-found-guilty-of-all-charges-related-to-serious-breaches-of",
        "published": "2026-09-29T18:52:48.000Z"
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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."
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