McCann pulls out of Scotland squad with injury
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Neil McCann has withdrawn from Scotland&#39;s squad for upcoming World Cup qualifiers after the Southampton winger injured his hamstring over the weekend against Manchester City.
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Embattled England manager Steve McClaren suffered two injury blows on Tuesday ahead of Friday&#39;s friendly with Brazil and next week&#39;s crucial Euro 2008 qualifier with Estonia as both Rio Ferdinand and Michael Dawson withdrew because of groin injuries.
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Scotland back Rory Lamont has been ruled out of the Six Nations clash with Wales in Cardiff on Saturday after suffering shoulder and ankle injuries in the 27-6 defeat by France at the weekend.
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GORDON Bulloch is to take over as Scotland captain for the Abbey Autumn Tests. He succeeds Scott Murray, who has an injured knee but would probably have lost the role anyway as Matt Williams
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Sport: Football: Chelsea say injury has ruled the midfielder out, but speculation persists that he may leave.
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A spokesperson for the parents of missing toddler Madeleine McCann has demanded that they be eliminated from the investigation after Portuguese police announced that the inquiry is almost over.
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Manchester United defender John O&#39;Shea has been ruled out of the Republic of Ireland&#39;s World Cup qualifier in Switzerland because of injury.
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Celtic's injury crisis claimed another victim when it was revealed striker Chris Sutton would be ruled out of action for the forseeable future because of a chest problem.
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Bloomfield Hills, Michigan - Scotland&#39;s Colin Montgomerie sat out of the afternoon foursomes matches here on Saturday at the Ryder Cup, his first absence from a session after 30 in a row over the past seven Cups.
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Scotland defender Steven Pressley is the latest player to drop out of a depleted squad for the World Cup qualifiers with Norway and Moldova.
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England captain Michael Vaughan is out of the one-day finals against Australia with a hamstring injury.
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Sport: Knee injury forces midfielder out of England's upcoming Euro 2008 qualifiers.
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Sport: Manager reveals that but for injury the Real Madrid winger would have been in the squad sooner.
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Injured Mark Philippoussis has withdrawn from Australia's Davis Cup team for the World Group playoff against Morocco later this month.
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Scotland captain Barry Ferguson and defender Russell Anderson missed training on Monday and are struggling to be fit for the World Cup qualifier in Moldova.
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The Â£14million summer signing broke his leg during the 2-2 draw at Blackburn Rovers on Saturday in a horrific injury, and he is almost certain to have kicked his last ball this season.
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Will Greenwood is out of the Six Nations Championship, and the Christmas news gets worse for the England coach, Andy Robinson. Like Greenwood has done, Gloucester&#39;s wing James Simpson-Daniel is to have a shoulder operation next week.