Ivan Toney banned for eight months for breaching betting rules
Al JazeeraEngland’s Football Association has also given the Brentford and England striker a 50,000-pound fine for 232 breaches. Brentford and England striker Ivan Toney has been banned from football for eight months and fined 50,000 pounds for 232 breaches of the Football Association’s betting rules, the English governing body has said. “The Brentford forward was charged with 262 breaches of FA Rule E8 in total between 25 February 2017 and 23 January 2021,” the FA said. “The FA subsequently withdrew 30 of these breaches and he admitted to the remaining 232.” The sanctions were imposed by an independent regulatory commission after a personal hearing. A Brentford statement read: “Brentford FC notes the decision of an independent Regulatory Commission to issue an eight-month ban from all football and football-related activity to Ivan Toney with immediate effect.