Nottingham Forest unsuccessful with appeal against 4-point deduction for breaking financial rules

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NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Nottingham Forest has been unsuccessful in its appeal against a decision to deduct the team four points for breaching the Premier League's financial rules. The league said Tuesday that an appeal board has upheld the decision taken by an independent commission in March, which dropped Forest into the relegation zone. Forest has since climbed back out of the bottom three and is in 17th place in the 20-team league, three points above the relegation zone with two games rema