Giggs and Ronaldo fined over fracas

Ryan Giggs and Cristiano Ronaldo have both been fined and warned as to theirfuture conduct by the Football Association this evening…

Ryan Giggs and Cristiano Ronaldo have both been fined and warned as to theirfuture conduct by the Football Association this evening.

After a hearing lasting almost five hours at a Heathrow hotel, Giggs receiveda £7,500 penalty, while Ronaldo must fork out £4,000 as punishment for theirpart in the fracas which followed Manchester United's 0-0 draw with Arsenal atOld Trafford on September 21.

Both players were found guilty of improper conduct. Their fines are considered relatively small compared to the combined nine-match bans handed down to Arsenal's Lauren, Martin Keown and Ray Parlour for their parts in the same incident.