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| Barcelona winger Jeffren Suarez will be out for two weeks after injuring his left leg. Jeffren was diagnosed with the muscle tear on Wednesday and the Spanish champions say the player will return from the Spain under-21 team's training base to begin his recovery. Jeffren scored two goals in 16 appearances during his first full campaign for Barcelona last season, when he was often selected ahead... |
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| Bayern Munich's star Arjen Robben is unlikely to play again this year. Bayern's sports director Christian Nerlinger tells a Sunday newspaper that Robben's left hamstring injury is not healing properly and that "it will be a long time before Arjen is fit again." Nerlinger tells Bild's Sunday edition there was fluid in Robben's muscle. |
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| Juventus striker Amauri has been
sidelined with a thigh muscle injury, the club said on Friday,
ruling him out of Italy's first two Euro 2012 qualifiers.
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| The Brazilian football federation says goalkeeper Gomes has been dropped from Brazil's squad because of a right leg muscle injury. Gomes sustained the injury with Tottenham in the Premier League team's 4-0 win over Young Boys in the Champions League on Wednesday. He will be replaced by 17-year-old Cruzeiro goalkeeper Gabriel, who has been playing with Brazil's youth squads. |
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| Newly signed AS Roma forward Adriano will miss the start of the Serie A season with a right thigh muscle tear. Adriano was injured during training Wednesday and Roma said that tests Thursday revealed the tear. He could be out for up to a month. Adriano signed a three-year contract with Roma in June after playing with Flamengo last season. |
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| Valencia striker Roberto Soldado will miss the start of the Spanish league season due to a leg injury. Soldado tore a muscle in his right leg and will be sidelined for two to three weeks, Valencia said on Tuesday. Valencia, which opens against Malaga on Saturday, will be hopeful Soldado can recover in time for its first Champions League match on Sept. |
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| Werder Bremen striker Hugo
Almeida will miss the Champions League group stage qualifier
against Italy's Sampdoria on Tuesday after suffering a muscle
injury on Saturday.
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| Austria captain Marc Janko has been ruled out for Wednesday's friendly against Switzerland with a thigh muscle injury. The striker, who plays for Dutch champions Twente, said Tuesday that "it's no use to play when you're only 60 percent fit. With every step, I would risk an even worse injury." Austria Vienna striker Roland Linz, who returned to the squad after two years, was... |
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| The Dutch winger's injury woes continue... |
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| Dutch forward Arjen Robben will
miss the opening weeks of the new season because of a thigh
muscle injury, his club Bayern Munich said on Tuesday.
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