Soccer-Derby given further nine-point deduction for financial breaches

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Championship - Derby County v Nottingham Forest - Pride Park, Derby, Britain - July 4, 2020 General view outside the stadium before the match, as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Action Images/Andrew Boyers

LONDON (Reuters) - Derby County were handed a nine-point sanction on Tuesday for breaches of the English Football League (EFL) financial rules, bringing their total points deduction to 21 after the club entered administration in September.

Derby, managed by former England and Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney, are currently bottom of the Championship on -3 points and will almost certainly be relegated this season to the third tier League One.