Sunderland

Sunderland striker Kenwyne Jones has been fined by the club for his sending-off against West Ham. The 25-year-old Trinidad and Tobago international was shown a straight red card for raising his hands to West Ham defender Herita Ilunga during last Saturday's 2-2 Barclays Premier League draw at the Stadium of Light. Manager Steve Bruce was furious with Democratic Republic of Congo international Ilunga's reaction to the incident, but insisted Jones, who will start a three-match ban with Saturday's trip to Tottenham, should have known better. He said: "That's the disappointing thing of the sending-off, not just dealing with West Ham last week, we have got to go into the next three games without Kenwyne. That's why he has been punished. The club has punished him. We have got a standard disciplinary procedure which comes into effect. It's quite simple, it's there in black and white for them. Kieran Richardson was exactly the same two weeks ago. If you get sent off for two yellow cards or mistimed tackles, that happens, or you are the last man and you may get handballed or something, that happens."