SIR ALEX FERGUSON FINED £8.5k FOR REFUSING TO SPEAK TO MEDIA AND NANI BANNED BY UEFA

Sir Alex Ferguson has been fined £8,500 for refusing to speak to the media after Manchester United's Champions League defeat by Real Madrid.
According to his assistant Mike Phelan, Ferguson was 'too distraught' to fulfil his media commitments after United went out of Europe 3-2 on aggregate following Turkish referee Cuneyt Cakir's controversial decision to show Nani a straight red card in the second half.

The Portugal winger was also banned for one match by UEFA - which was always the minumum sanction he was going to face - although he could have faced a three-game suspension if a disciplinary commission had deemed his challenge on Madrid defender Alvaro Arbeloa to be violent conduct.
Ferguson was furious about Cakir's decision to show a red card which he felt swung the tie in Real's favour.