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The 24-year-old suffered a torn cruciate ligament in his right knee during Tottenham's goalless draw against Queens Park Rangers.

Blatter reiterated that any request to change the timing of the event to cooler months would have to come from the organisers themselves.

Drogba needs to return to top form but is still very much in Ivory Coast's international plans, coach Sabri Lamouchi said just days after dropping his team's captain.

Chiellini could miss Italy's upcoming matches against Brazil and Malta with injuries to both of his ankles.

The long break has helped Churchill Brothers playmaker Roberto Silva to completely recover from his finger injury and coach Mariano Dias will have a full squad to choose from for Tuesday's game.

Stoke ended a run of three straight Premier League losses by drawing 0-0 with West Bromwich Albion on Saturday.

Southampton took a big step toward avoiding relegation from the Premier League by beating Liverpool 3-1 to provisionally move seven points clear of the drop zone.

The winner of this match will play Manchester City in the semi-finals.

Independente defender Johnny dos Santos was immediately arrested by police after the incident.

Fernando is a former close ally of banned ex-FIFA executive committee member Mohamed Bin Hamman.

Having begun with a flourish, the disappointing loss to Salgaocar FC turned out to be set-back for Pune's title-defence.

Though Ronaldo didn't celebrate his goal as a mark of respect to his former club Manchester United, he said that he's happy to win the match for Real Madrid.

Brazil's coach Luiz Felipe Scolari named his squad for this month's friendlies against Italy and Russia.

"Stan Kroenke is committed to Arsenal for the long term and has no intention of selling his stake," Arsenal communications director Mark Gonnella said.

Earlier there were reports that Cristiano Ronaldo has refused to sign new contract with Real Madrid.

Demba Ba gave under-fire Chelsea manager Benitez some much-needed respite by scoring the winner in a 1-0 victory.