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In February 2023, City was formally charged with breaking financial fair play rules between 2009 and 2018 and with failing to co-operate with Premier League investigations into their finances.
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Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
Promising kids have recently been sacrificed for financial fair play purposes — loaned out or sold with buy-back clauses.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 30 May 2025
The question – at the center of disagreements over transgender athletes’ participation in sports – has echoed from high school running tracks to Olympic arenas as lawmakers and sports bodies face intense pressure to weigh in on a debate over what fair play looks like.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 29 May 2025
These rules in black and white are defined by the government to ensure order and fair play.
—Venkat Rao, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
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Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
Promising kids have recently been sacrificed for financial fair play purposes — loaned out or sold with buy-back clauses.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 30 May 2025
The question – at the center of disagreements over transgender athletes’ participation in sports – has echoed from high school running tracks to Olympic arenas as lawmakers and sports bodies face intense pressure to weigh in on a debate over what fair play looks like.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 29 May 2025
These rules in black and white are defined by the government to ensure order and fair play.
—Venkat Rao, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
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“Fair play.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fair%20play. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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