FA criticised for ‘obvious flaws’ in failed spot-fixing case against Paqueta Sport Business The Football Association’s case against Lucas Paqueta has been criticised by the independent commission that cleared the West Ham United player of four charges of spot-fixing. The full written reasons, published today, said the FA’s decision to call its in-house betting investigator rather than an independent expert as chief witness was “an obvious flaw” in [...]
Lucas Paqueta’s lawyer: No decision yet on whether to sue FA Sport Business Lucas Paqueta’s lawyer says they have made no decision yet on whether to seek damages from the FA after the West Ham star was cleared of spot-fixing following a two-year investigation. Paqueta was found not guilty by an independent disciplinary commission of deliberately getting yellow cards in order to manipulate betting markets, in a decision [...]