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Former Spurs defender Trippier charged over betting breach

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Former Spurs defender Trippier charged over betting breach
Former Spurs defender Trippier charged over betting breach
Trippier to face FA charges over gambling rules breach

SHOWS: MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, UK (FILE APRIL 2019) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1.

ENGLAND DEFENDER KIERAN TRIPPIER AT TOTTENHAM TRAINING SESSION FOR CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MATCH AGAINST MANCHESTER CITY .

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TOTTENHAM MANAGER MAURICIO POCHETTINO WATCHING 3.

TRIPPIER TRAINING HONG KONG, CHINA (FILE MAY 2017) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 4.

TRIPPIER DURING STRETCHING EXERCISES DURING TRAINING WATFORD, NEAR LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (FILE JUNE 2018) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 5.

TRIPPIER (LEFT WITH DANNY WELBECK (CENTRE) AND RAHEEM STERLING (RIGHT) AT ENGLAND TRAINING SESSION 6.

ENGLAND MANAGER GARETH SOUTHGATE WALKING TO TRAINING SESSION 7.

TRIPPIER (CENTRE) AT TRAINING SESSION MADRID, SPAIN (JULY 18, 2019) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 8.

TRIPPIER WITH ATLETICO MADRID SHIRT MADRID, SPAIN (NOVEMBER 25, 2019) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 9.

TRIPPIER TRAINING STORY: Former Tottenham Hotspur defender Kieran Trippier faces a Football Association misconduct charge after a breach of gambling rules, English soccer's governing body said on Friday (May 1).

An FA statement said Trippier had been charged in relation to breaches of Rule E8(1)(a)(ii) and Rule E8(1)(b).

It did not clarify what the breach entailed but that it had occurred in July 2019, around the time that Trippier joined Atletico Madrid for a reported 20 million pounds ($25 million).

Tripper, who played for Tottenham in last season's Champions League final in Madrid, has until May 18 to provide a response.

Rule E8(1)(b) states that a participant must not provide to any person, any information relating to football which the participant has obtained by virtue of his or her position within the game and which is not publicly available at that time.

($1 = 0.7978 pounds) (Production: Andy Ragg)

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