MAN UNITED skipper Roy Keane is determined not to rush back too quickly from his latest injury blow.

Manchester United skipper Roy Keane is determined not to rush back too quickly from his latest injury blow.

ONE minute he’s deified, the next he’s crucified. So what makes one of soccer’s most controversial figures tick?

Manchester United skipper Roy Keane put himself in line for a Premiership bench slot against Blackburn on Sunday when he completed a long-awaited reserve-team comeback at Old Trafford tonight.

Manchester United captain Roy Keane insists he will be “wiser” when he finally returns from injury in the next month.

FORMER Man United and England captain Bryan Robson yesterday emerged as favourite with the punters to succeed Mick McCarthy as Republic of Ireland manager.

Roy Keane tonight confirmed he will pay a record £150,000 (€235,000) fine and serve a five-match domestic ban after deciding not to appeal after the Football Association found him guilty on two counts of bringing the game into disrepute last month.

Roy Keane has opted not to contest the five-match ban and £150,000 (€235,000) fine imposed by the Football Association, although he insists the charges were “not justified”.

THE FA have confirmed that Roy Keane has until Friday to appeal against his five-match ban and £150,000 (€234.157) fine.

Manchester United insist that Roy Keane still has another week to decide whether he will appeal his five-match ban and £150,000 (€235,500) fine from the FA.

RED-FACED FA officials will spend the weekend trying to sort out a bungle over the ban on Roy Keane.

Roy Keane would not have been punished for his controversial revelations in his autobiography if he had been English.

ROY KEANE won’t be back playing for Manchester United until early December after the FA last night fined him stg£150,000 and gave him a five-match ban.

MANCHESTER UNITED have expressed their disappointment at the five-match ban handed to Roy Keane by the Football Association and are now considering whether to appeal against the punishment.

Roy Keane has yet to learn the penalty he will face from the FA after being found guilty of disrepute - but he does have the right of appeal.

Roy Keane arrived at the Reebok Stadium this morning to face his day of destiny with the Football Association.

Rarely has any footballing autobiography stirred as much controversy as Roy Keane’s account of a turbulent career which is currently on hold through injury.

Alfie Haaland will not be appearing at the Reebok Stadium tomorrow to speak in defence of Manchester United captain Roy Keane.

Roy Keane could be back in action within days of his Football Association disciplinary hearing.

Sammy McIlroy says he cannot understand why Roy Keane is contesting his two Football Association disrepute charges.

EUROPEAN soccer bosses, assessing Ireland's joint bid to host Euro 2008, yesterday said they were "very happy" with the facilities inspected in Dublin last week.

Comments from Roy Keane in his autobiography ‘The Game’ saw the outspoken Manchester United midfielder hit the headlines – and hit with FA charges – once again.

ROY KEANE has until Friday to decide how to respond to his two Football Association disciplinary charges.

Roy Keane has been granted a 48-hour extension to the deadline for responding to his two Football Association disciplinary charges.

Roy Keane will tell the English Football Association this week that he plans to contest the disrepute charges which have been levelled over his controversial autobiography.

Roy Keane has cleared his schedules and will spend the next two weeks trying to decide whether attempting to clear his name takes precedence over the practicalities of his Manchester United career.

ROY KEANE will have to get his tactics spot on or will find himself sitting through one of the longest bans in English soccer history.

ROY KEANE will have to get his tactics spot on or will find himself sitting through one of the longest bans in English soccer history.

ROY KEANE’S absence is to hit United hard.

Ruud van Nistelrooy provided Manchester United skipper Roy Keane with the perfect post-operation present by ramming home the match-winning penalty at Old Trafford tonight.

Nicky Butt has been tipped by former Manchester United defender Arthur Albiston to fill the void left by absent skipper Roy Keane.

THE controversy surrounding Roy Keane’s autobiography erupted again yesterday after Northern Irish club Linfield threatened to sue the Manchester United skipper.

Roy Keane will definitely miss the trip to Leeds on September 14 following Alex Ferguson’s decision not to appeal against his red card at Sunderland on Saturday.

ROY KEANE could find himself out in the cold until November as the critics line up to condemn him after his weekend red card shame at Sunderland.

IT WAS yet another sickening sight in football's seemingly endless portfolio of shame. No, not the elbow which felled Sunderland's Jason McAteer.

IT WAS yet another sickening sight in football's seemingly endless portfolio of shame. No, not the elbow which felled Sunderland's Jason McAteer.

ROY KEANE could find himself out in the cold until November as the critics line up to condemn him after his weekend red card shame at Sunderland.

Manchester United legend Lou Macari branded disgraced skipper Roy Keane “foolish” for getting involved in the fracas which led to his latest red card shame.

Roy Keane can expect to be hit by a Football Association disrepute charge by the end of the week to add to a possible automatic three-match ban following his red card against Sunderland yesterday.

MANCHESTER UNITED skipper Roy Keane said he is delighted with his controversial autobiography.

MANCHESTER UNITED skipper Roy Keane (pictured) insists he is ‘delighted’ with his controversial autobiography which was officially released yesterday.

Manchester United skipper Roy Keane insists he is ‘delighted’ with his controversial autobiography which is officially released today.