FA confirms Keane appeal deadline

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

The Manchester United skipper is technically suspended from yesterday following the double guilty verdict handed down against him on the two disrepute charges he faced at Reebok Stadium, London, last month.

It had been thought that the deadline for appeal had passed without reply on Friday, with the FA stating on their official web site that the ban would take