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Stoke manager Mark Hughes has been fined £8,000 by the Football Association after being sent off during his side's loss at home to Tottenham. Hughes was sent to the stand for reacting angrily during the  4-0 defeat on the 10 September,  and later charged with improper conduct. He later said he would not contest the charge as it would cost money he would prefer to give to his grandchildren. The 52-year-old said the FA charge "rubbed salt into the wounds". The Welshman had reacted angrily after Stoke forward Marko Arnautovic was booked for diving. The club, who are currently bottom of the Premier League, have said they want to speak to the FA about a  "potentially inconsistent approach"  from match officials following the charge against Hughes.

From the top of the NFL to the bottom of the heap, teams are already feeling the pain. From injuries. Key performers are dropping like they've been through two months of the season, not two weeks. The latest:  Adrian Peterson  , Jimmy Garoppolo,  DeMarcus Ware , Josh McCown, Danny Woodhead, Jonathan Stewart and Arian Foster. The Patriots, perhaps the league's best team, appear to be down to their third QB. The Browns, possibly the NFL's worst team, also might be working on No. 3. Most worrisome, though, is Peterson, the 2012 league MVP and Minnesota's cornerstone on offense. He has remarkable recovery skills — Peterson tore the ACL in his left knee in the second-to-last game of the 2011 season, then played all of 2012 and rushed for more than 2,000 yards. But this is four years later, it's the other knee and he was unable to put pressure on his leg as he hobbled off the field. Then Peterson needed help getting to the locker room. He was on crutches after the game, w...