Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien
will be out of action for at least five months after rupturing
an anterior cruciate knee ligament.
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Under-fire France coach Raymond Domenech lightened up a press conference ahead of Wednesday's crucial 2010 World Cup qualifier with Serbia, saying "thankfully the guillotine doesn't exist anymore". -- read full article
Slaven Bilic has raised the stakes ahead of Croatia's World Cup qualifier with England by claiming his squad are a match or better than Fabio Capello's collection of big names in every area of the pitch. -- read full article
England manager Fabio Capello
said his team relished facing Croatia again on Wednesday and
would play with more confidence in their Group Six World Cup
qualifier in Zagreb than they would at Wembley.
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Fiorentina fans have been banned from travelling to this weekend's away game at Napoli, according to Italy's committee for the analysis of security at sporting events (Casms) on Tuesday. -- read full article
Lithuania's national coach Jose Couceiro believes his men have a 50/50 chance to beat rivals Austria in Wednesday's World Cup qualifying match. -- read full article
France's World Cup qualifying match against Serbia on Wednesday suddenly looks a lot trickier following its jolting opening loss to Austria. While Italy and England are also among the nations looking to improve on disappointing first performances in European qualifying, at least they are coming off wins as they prepare to take on Georgia and Croatia, respectively. -- read full article
Serie A side Napoli have been fined 10,000 euros (14,200 dollars) and ordered to close two parts of their stands for four league games after violent scenes during a match against AS Roma last month. -- read full article
Jamaica coach Rene Simoes
has promised an improvement on Saturday's 3-0 capitulation
against Mexico when his side visit Honduras for their World Cup
qualifier on Wednesday.
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Joe Cole has warned his England team-mates not to underestimate Croatia for the second tournament in a row as they prepare for a World Cup qualifier in Zagreb on Wednesday. -- read full article
UEFA President Michel Platini on Monday hailed the unifying force of football after the 2010 World Cup qualifier between Armenia and Turkey at the weekend was accompanied by an historic visit of the Turkish president to Yerevan. -- read full article
Beleaguered Brazil coach
Dunga hit back at his critics on Monday and said his team's 3-0
World Cup qualifying win over Chile proved he was doing a good
job.
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Argentina forward Carlos
Tevez apologised on Monday after being sent off in the first
half for the second time in three international appearances.
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Romania added Ciprian Marica
and Daniel Niculae to their growing injury list on Monday after
both forwards were ruled out of Wednesday's World Cup qualifying
trip to the Faroe Islands.
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