Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho will face no punishment for alleged abusive language following his team's Premier League win over Newcastle in October after an Appeal Board upheld the original decision to dismiss the FA charges against him.
Mourinho was charged with using abusive, insulting and improper language after alleged swearing in his native Portuguese soon after the final whistle of the 3-2 comeback win was captured by a television camera that was following him down the touchline towards the tunnel.
The United boss successfully appealed the charge. Part of his defence included supplying a report from Simao Valente, an assistant professor in Portuguese language at the University of Lisbon, explaining that a literal or idiomatic translation to English is 'not entirely adequate'.