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The Guardian // Sport // Football

FA criticised for ‘obvious flaw’ in spot-fixing case of West Ham’s Lucas Paquetá

Wednesday 3rd September 2025, 5:52PM

314-page judgment damning about lack of expert witnessFA appeared ‘not certain what case it was presenting’The Football Association has been criticised strongly by the regulatory commission that cleared Lucas Paquetá of spot-fixing charges, over its failure to provide an independent assessment of the betting data on the West Ham player receiving yellow cards.A 314-page report by the commission that heard Paquetá’s case was published on Wednesday and makes damning reading for the FA, with its evidence criticised for containing “an obvious flaw, namely the lack of an independent assessment of the data”. Continue reading...

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