American appeals courts rules against Peterson

Minnesota Vikings star player Adrian Peterson had his suspension and fine reinstated Thursday after a US appeals court ruled against him, said the National Football League. A three-judge appeals panel ruled that arbitrator Harold Henderson had acted within his authority when he upheld the league's discipline against Peterson, who had been convicted in Texas of beating his 4-year-old son with a narrow tree branch as punishment. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell suspended Peterson and slapped him with a fine in 2014 after the running back pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of injuring his son.

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