Paul Scholes fined by FA for breaching betting rules

Paul Scholes has been fined £8,000 by the Football Association after accepting a charge of breaching betting rules.

The former Manchester United midfielder insists he made a "genuine mistake" while co-owner of Salford.

Scholes was charged by the FA in April for placing 140 bets on matches between August 2015 and January this year.

He had quit as a Salford director two months earlier - albeit retaining his 10 per cent shareholding - in order to take over as manager of League Two club Oldham, where he lasted just 31 days before walking out.