Finance Notes: Liverpool, Czech Club Sparta Prague Cleared Of Breaching FFP Rules

Liverpool and Czech club Sparta Prague rules have been cleared of breaching UEFA's Financial Fair Play rules. A UEFA statement said both clubs had been found "to have satisfied the break-even requirement and are no longer under investigation." EPL side Hull City, Israeli side Hapoel Tel-Aviv, Greek outfit Panathinaikos and Poland's Ruch Chorzow, however, "have agreed settlements" of €200,000 ($223,860) for "failing to comply with regulations" (REUTERS, 2/27). ... William Hill said it experienced its "worst-ever week of trading in January, and reported a dip in full-year profits for 2014, but maintained it was confident of meeting market expectations for this year." Britain's biggest bookmaker by stores lost more than £13M ($20M) in the third week of January when "customer-friendly" football results brought the "heaviest single-week loss in its history" (FINANCIAL TIMES, 2/27).