Tag Archives: injury
Terry injury blow for England
England coach Fabio Capello’s selection plans for the Euro 2012 qualifier against Montenegro (England 1/5, Montenegro 10/1, Draw 9/2 90 Minutes) at Wembley on Tuesday have been hit by the news defender John Terry has been forced to pull out with a back injury.
The 29-year-old Chelsea skipper appears to have suffered a recurrence of an [...]
Injury woe for Capello
Fabio Capello is already facing an injury crisis ahead of England’s two Euro 2012 qualifiers after John Terry and Frank Lampard were both ruled out, while Peter Crouch and Bobby Zamora are also doubtful for next week’s games (England 2/7 Group G winners).
The Italian manager will name his squad for the games against Bulgaria and [...]
Early injury woes for Chelsea
The Premier League season doesn’t even begin until August 14 but Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti already has an injury headache to deal with (Chelsea 13/8f to win the Premier League).
Earlier this week it was revealed that keeper Petr Cech would miss the first few games of the season. The Czech Republic international injured his leg [...]
Torres suffers injury setback
Spain’s Football Federation has confirmed that Fernando Torres ruptured a muscle in his left thigh during the World Cup final and is a huge doubt for the start of Liverpool’s season (12/1 Premier League outright).
The 26-year-old hitman has had a dreadful run of luck with injuries over the past 12 months, with his domestic season [...]
Aquilani over ankle injury
Liverpool (12/1 to win the Premier League) midfielder Alberto Aquilani is fit and ready to start the new season, the club have said.
The Italian, who signed for £20million from Roma last year, had to wait more than two months to make his debut after suffering an ankle problem.
The injury was not completely healed throughout the [...]
Germans boosted by injury news
Germany are 15/8 to beat England on Sunday and their chances of victory have been boosted by the news Bastian Schweinsteiger, Jerome Boateng and Mesut Ozil should all be fit to play.
The Germans defeated Ghana 1-0 on Wednesday night on their way to winning Group D but the victory came at a cost, with a [...]
Rio reeling from injury hell
England captain Rio Ferdinand has said the injury which put him out of the World Cup in South Africa was a complete accident (England 3/1 to be Europe’s top team).
Ferdinand, who has been replaced by Steven Gerrard as England skipper, is to return to England after the team’s opening Group C encounter with USA on [...]
Spain star suffers injury scare
Spain have been left sweating over the fitness of Andres Iniesta after he was forced off with a muscle injury during the European champions’ (4/1 to win the World Cup) 6-0 warm-up win over Poland.
The Barcelona playmaker has struggled with injuries for the majority of 2010, missing a large part of the Catalan giants run-in [...]
Drogba injury rocks Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast (33/1 to win the World Cup) have been rocked by the news that star striker Didier Drogba will miss this summer’s World Cup tournament in South Africa after suffering a broken right arm in a pre-tournament friendly against Japan.
The striker was helped off the pitch having collided with Marcus Tulio Tanaka and according [...]
Owen faces new injury setback