Portugal manager Queiroz facing ban for six months

Portugal boss Carlos Queiroz was last night reported to be facing a six-month ban - but insists he will appeal should it turn out to be true.

According to Portuguese TV channel SIC, the country's anti-doping authority has decided on the punishment because of the coach's alleged behaviour during a testing session at a training camp in the run-up to the World Cup.

The former Real Madrid coach is already serving a one-month ban handed to him by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) because of the same incident, putting him out of action for the Euro 2012 qualifiers against Cyprus and Norway.

He was also fined 1,000 euros for misconduct when he was found to have acted aggressively towards the testers, but the disciplinary committee (CD) stopped short of finding he had interfered with proceedings.

Today both Queiroz and the federation said they had not been made aware of the decision of the anti-doping authority (ADoP).

In a statement released through his solicitors, Queiroz said: "I will appeal this decision to the right institutions, namely to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

"I will request, based on the statutory rules of CAS, that the decision be suspended until the appeal is heard."

The FPF refused to comment on the reports, as it awaited official notification.