England star’s Euro 2012 ban reduced

The Manchester United striker will not be available for England’s final group game of Euro 2012 against Ukraine.

Club England Managing Director Adrian Bevington told Sky Sports News: “I am pleased to say we’ve had a very fair hearing from UEFA’s panel today.

“Wayne’s presence here was clearly important so I would like to make special thanks to Manchester United, David Gill and Sir Alex Ferguson for releasing Wayne to be present.

“Wayne has also agreed to support one day of a UEFA programme and we would expect him to do so while he is on national team duty, so there is no impact on his Manchester United time.

“The commission considered everything. They listened to evidence from Wayne and Fabio Capello and we are pleased with the outcome.

“Clearly it was very important that Wayne and Fabio attended and the outcome of Wayne being available for the third group game is a positive result for us.

“Wayne and Fabio are both very pleased. Wayne will now head back to Manchester as a matter of priority, but both are very satisfied and feel they have had a fair hearing today.

“Wayne always made it clear he accepted it was a red card offence and we are very pleased with the outcome.

“We arrived with the possibility of Wayne Rooney missing the entire group phase so to have him available for the final group game against Ukraine is a positive result for us and Wayne Rooney as well.”