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  "id": 10915471,
  "title": "Richards 'devastated' by Man City guilty verdicts",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/richards-devastated-by-man-city-guilty-verdicts-10915471",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-30T10:11:42.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/richards-devastated-man-city-guilty-101142626.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Former Manchester City defender Micah Richards expressed his devastation after reading the Premier League's guilty verdict against the club for financial irregularities. The independent commission found that City arranged sham contracts with commercial partners to disguise secret funding of over £830m, and the league confirmed the club's guilt in breaches of financial rules between the 2009-10 and 2017-18 seasons. Richards, who was part of the title-winning squad in 2011-12, described the reports as \"damning\" and felt devastated, both personally and for the club and its fans.",
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      {
        "outlet": "KahawaTungu",
        "title": "Manchester City Found Guilty of Premier League Financial Breaches",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/manchester-city-found-guilty-of-premier-league-financial-breaches",
        "published": "2026-09-29T18:04:38.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Man City guilty of using ‘sham’ deals to distort finances, Premier League says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/man-city-guilty-of-using-sham-deals-to-distort-finances-premier",
        "published": "2026-09-29T21:13:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Japan Times",
        "title": "Premier League confirms Man City guilty of serious financial breaches",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/premier-league-confirms-man-city-guilty-of-serious-financial-breaches",
        "published": "2026-09-30T02:40:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Jakarta Post",
        "title": "Man City guilty of using 'sham' deals to distort finances, Premier League says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/man-city-guilty-of-using-sham-deals-to-distort-finances-premier",
        "published": "2026-09-30T04:01:09.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Citizen",
        "title": "Premier League confirms Man City guilty of serious financial breaches",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/premier-league-confirms-man-city-guilty-of-serious-financial-breaches-10893974",
        "published": "2026-09-30T07:59:20.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC Sport",
        "title": "Richards devastated by Man City guilty verdicts",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/richards-devastated-by-man-city-guilty-verdicts",
        "published": "2026-09-30T10:07:23.000Z"
      }
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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."
}