FA appeals agaisnt Rooney's sanction

 　　LONDON, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- The FA has confirmed¹ on Friday that it will be appealing UEFA's three-match ban against striker Wayne Rooney who received a red card in England's Euro qualifier against Montenegro.

　　Rooney was sent off during the 2-2 draw for kicking Miodrag Dzudovovic last month, then received a ban for three matches from the UEFA. The ban means² that Rooney would miss all of England's group matches at Euro 2012.

　　The FA, English soccer's governing body received the written reasons for the ban from the European soccer's governing body on Tuesday evening and made the decision to appeal by the deadline of midnight on Friday.

　　The 26-year-old Rooney is England's first-choice forward, having scored 28 goals in 73 appearances³.

1 confirmed   

adj.确认的；坚定的；根深蒂固的v.批准(confirm的过去式和过去分词)；证实

参考例句：

• Rumours of job losses were later confirmed. 裁员的传言后来得到了证实。
• The truth of his conjecture was confirmed by the newspaper report. 新闻报道证明了他的推测果然不假。

2 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

3 appearances   

n.出现( appearance的名词复数 )；外观；[复数]（事物的）表面；[哲学]现象

参考例句：

• To all appearances, they are very much in love. 显然他们正处在热恋之中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Here he fell into the common error of judging by appearances. 在此他又犯了一般以貌取人的通病。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》