Andros Townsend (R) is challenged by Heart of Midlothian's Rudi Skacel during their Europa League playoff second leg soccer match at White Hart Lane in London August 25, 2011. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth
LONDON (Reuters) - England under-21 winger Andros Townsend was banned and fined for betting offences by the Football Association (FA) on Tuesday but he will still be available for the start of next season.
The Tottenham Hotspur player was fined 18,000 pounds ($27,500) but three months of his four-month ban were suspended until July 1, 2016, leaving him free to resume playing well in advance of the next campaign.
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