Sunderland boss Steve Bruce has been fined by the Football Association following his critical comments concerning the performance of referee Andre Marriner.
Bruce labelled the referee's decision to send off defender Michael Turner during his side's 4-3 defeat at Manchester City in mid-December as "a joke" and "an outrage".
Bruce also suggested that a previous complaint he had made about the performance of Marriner was to blame for the straight red card shown by the West Midlands official.
To rub salt into Sunderland's wounds, their appeal of the automatic three-match ban handed down to Turner for an elbowing incident involving City midfielder Gareth Barry was extended to four games after it was deemed frivolous.
Now, following a disciplinary hearing, Bruce himself has been fined and warned over his future conduct.
An FA statement read: "At an Independent Regulatory Commission hearing, Sunderland manager Steve Bruce was fined for improper conduct.
"The commission took into consideration Bruce's admission of the charge and his previous exemplary record in relation to media comments."
Portsmouth have accepted Sulaiman Al Fahim's resignation from his position as the non-executive chairman at Fratton Park.
However, Pompey cannot understand why Al Fahim announced his intention to quit on a public website before informing the club of his plans.
Al Fahim announced that he was to stand down from the board and give his ten per cent shareholding to the Portsmouth's Supporters' Trust on Monday.
Pompey's director of communications, Gary Double, said: "We have received his resignation, which has been accepted by the board."
Al Fahim is one of four people that have owned the Premier League club this season, having taken over from Sacha Gaydamak last summer. He then sold the club to Ali Al Faraj with Balram Chainrai now in charge.
Al Fahim was made non-executive chairman of the Fratton Park outfit when his own ill-fated 40-day reign in the ownership hot-seat was ended by Ali Al Faraj's takeover last October.
Manchester City will allow striker Carlos Tevez as much time off as he needs after his baby daughter was born prematurely, BBC Sport understands.
Tevez, 26, has missed City's last three games after being granted compassionate leave to fly to Argentina where his daughter, Katie, is in intensive care.
Club officials have spoken to Tevez but do not know when he plans to return.
Roberto Mancini's men face Stoke in the FA Cup on Wednesday and play Premier League leaders Chelsea on Saturday.
