QPR fine Barton and strip him of captaincy

Joey Barton has been stripped of the QPR captaincy and fined six weeks wages following an internal club investigation into his sending off against Manchester City on the final day of the Barclays Premier League season.

Barton, 29, was hit with a 12-match ban and fined £75,000 by a Football Association-appointed independent regulatory commission last month, after being dismissed for elbowing Carlos Tevez, then kicking out at Sergio Aguero as he left the pitch in the match on May 13, before aiming a headbutt in the direction of Vincent Kompany.