Hammers hearing panel appointed

The Premier League have appointed a three-man panel to hear charges against West Ham over the signings of Javier Mascherano and Carlos Tevez.

An independent commission comprising chairman Simon Bourne-Arton QC, Lord Herman Ouseley – chairman of the Let’s Kick Racism Out of Football lobby group - and David Dent will sit on April 26 and 27 to decide the Hammers’ fate.