West Ham fined record 5.5m pounds over transfers

(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-04-28 09:13

West Ham United's Chairman Eggert Magnusson leaves a Premier League panel hearing in central London April 27, 2007. West Ham United were fined a record 5.5 million pounds ($10.97 million) by the Premier League panel on Friday on charges of breaching ownership rules by their signings of Argentine pair Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano last August.[Reuters]