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Nottingham Forest points deduction: PSR rules have created ‘a real mess’, says ex-chief Paul Faulkner

Nottingham Forest: BBC Sport’s Simon Stone explains the impact of points deduction

Profit and sustainability rules have “created chaos” and “damaged” the Premier League, says former Nottingham Forest chief executive Paul Faulkner.

An independent commission found Forest’s losses to 2022-23 breached the threshold of £61m by £34.5m.

Forest, who say they are “dismayed” by the ruling, are expected to appeal, with any decision needing to be finalized by 24 May, five days after the end of the Premier League season.

Forest thanked the commission for speeding up the process and being ahead of schedule in terms of the end-of-season deadline.

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Goodwin to return for Socceroos in Canberra

Returning Socceroo Craig Goodwin plans to again contribute to Harry Souttar’s fond memories of Canberra on Tuesday night against Lebanon.

Souttar scored twice on debut for Australia in 2019 at GIO Stadium in a 5-0 win over Nepal.

It was dead-ball specialist Goodwin who delivered the corner that giant teammate headed home for his first goal in what was a magnificent start to the Scotland-born centre-back’s Socceroos career.

“That was a nice little memory so hopefully we can recreate that on Tuesday night,” said Goodwin, who is set to return after missing Australia’s 2-0 win last Thursday, also against Lebanon,

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Arsenal v Liverpool: Gunners fans banned for tragedy chanting during FA Cup tie

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The incident happened during Arsenal’s 2-0 defeat by Liverpool in the FA Cup third round

Three Arsenal supporters have been given three-year football banning orders after pleading guilty to tragedy chanting during an FA Cup tie against Liverpool.

The fans were charged with a public order of offense after being heard in the match at Emirates Stadium on 7 January.

Arsenal says it has a “zero-tolerance approach” to tragedy chanting.

“We strongly condemn this abhorrent behavior,” the club said in a statement on its website.

“We will always ensure strong action is taken against those found guilty of such behavior,”

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