Nzonzi handed three-match ban

Blackburn midfielder Steven Nzonzi has been banned for three matches after accepting a Football Association charge of violent conduct.

Tue, 29 Nov, 2011 - 17:00

Blackburn midfielder Steven Nzonzi has been banned for three matches after accepting a Football Association charge of violent conduct.

The 22-year-old Frenchman appeared to catch Stoke’s Ryan Shawcross in the face with an elbow in the ninth minute of Rovers’ 3-1 defeat at the Britannia Stadium on Saturday.

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Courts Soccer Heathrow Place: Britannia Stadium Place: Cardiff Person: Nzonzi Person: Steven Nzonzi Person: Ryan Shawcross Person: Mark Halsey Event: Carling Cup quarter-final Organisation: Blackburn Organisation: Football Association Organisation: Stoke Organisation: Rovers’Organisation: Rovers

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