Coman: Bayern Munich winger Kingsley Coman is facing eight weeks on the sidelines after injuring his knee and ankle while training with France this week. “Coman will be out for two months,” Bayern said in a statement yesterday after the 20-year-old suffered a torn capsule in his left ankle and torn ligaments in his knee.

In France: Nathalie Boy de la Tour was elected president of the French Professional League (LFP) yesterday after former national team coach Raymond Domenech’s candidacy was rejected by the general assembly. Boy de la Tour, the first woman in the job, takes over from Jean-Pierre Denis who was president on a caretaker basis after Frederic Thiriez stepped down in April following 14 years in charge.

Banegas: The FIFA Ethics Committee’s investigatory chamber yesterday called for former Honduran soccer head Alfredo Hawit Banegas to be banned from soccer for life for allegedly taking illegal payments from sports marketing firms. Hawit, a former FIFA vice president and general secretary of the Honduran FA, in April pleaded guilty in US federal court in New York to bribery schemes uncovered in a US investigation of corruption within FIFA.

Holloway: Ian Holloway has returned for a second spell as manager of Queens Park Rangers, the Championship (second tier) club said yesterday. The 53-year-old Holloway, who played for QPR from 1991-96 and managed the London club from 2001-06, has signed a two and a half year contract at Loftus Road. He replaces former Dutch international Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, who was sacked last week with the team 17th in the table.

UEFA U-19: Group 10 – Sweden vs Moldova 1-0; Serbia vs Malta 1-0. Playing on Monday – Serbia vs Sweden; Malta vs Moldova.

Serie B

Playing today: 15.00 SPAL vs Brescia; 18.00 Vicenza vs Latina.

Tomorrow: 12.30 Cesena vs Pisa; 15.00 Benevento vs Cittadella; Carpi vs Avellino; Entella vs Pro Vercelli; Frosinone vs Ascoli; Verona vs Novara; Perugia vs Trapani; Salernitana vs Ternana. 20.30 Bari vs Spezia.

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