FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Championship - Birmingham City v Millwall - St Andrew's, Birmingham, Britain - March 13, 2019 General view of the stadium ahead of the match Action Images/Craig Brough
(Reuters) - Championship side Birmingham City were on Friday handed a nine-point deduction by the English Football League (EFL) for a breach of its profitability and sustainability rules.
The ruling by an independent disciplinary commission follows a review of the club's financial submission for the three-year period 2015-16 to 2017-18, where they recorded losses in excess of the upper threshold of 39 million pounds.
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