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Newcastle midfielder Jonjo Shelvey gets five-game ban for using ‘racially-aggravated language against an opponent’

Newcastle midfielder Jonjo Shelvey has been banned for five games and fined £100,000 after being charge with using racially-aggravated language against an opponent, the Football Association has announced.

An Independent Regulatory Commission found against Shelvey, who had denied an FA charge of "using abusive and/or insulting words towards an opponent" aggravated by a reference to "ethnic origin and/or race and/or nationality", at a hearing in Birmingham.

An FA statement said: "Jonjo Shelvey has been given a five-match suspension and £100,000 fine after an FA misconduct charge against him was found proven.

"The Newcastle United player was charged with using abusive and/or insulting words towards an opponent in the 87th minute of the game against Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday September 17 2016.