Man City lodges 'comprehensive' appeal after guilty verdict in financial rule-breaking scandal

AP – Manchester City has lodged a "comprehensive" appeal, the club confirmed on Friday, following the publication of a report by an independent commission detailing large-scale financial rule-breaking by the Premier League giant in one of English soccer's biggest scandals. "The club's firm position," read a short statement from City, "is that, on multiple grounds, the opinion contains clear material errors, of law, principle and fact and is unsafe."