Adebayor handed ban

Emmanuel Adebayor has been slapped with a four-match ban after being sent off during Manchester City’s FA Cup fifth-round replay loss to Stoke on Tuesday. The Togo forward was dismissed after hitting Potters defender Ryan Shawcross with a flailing arm, and has chosen not to appeal against the FA’s decision. Although it was the Togo international’s first red card of the season he was handed an extra one-game ban on top of the usual three-match suspension because it is the second occasion on which he has been found guilty of violent conduct. The 25-year-old Adebayor was given a three-game ban earlier in the season for a challenge on former Arsenal team-mate Robin van Persie in City's 4-2 Premier League victory over the Gunners in September.