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Armagh duo Ronan Clarke and Kevin Dyas both look likely to be ruled out for around a month after suffering injuries in Saturday's NFL win over Laois.

HEARTS' crippling injury crisis could finally be easing after Andrew Driver, Scott Robinson and Jamie MacDonald all returned to training.

Blues defender Kris Lindsay could miss the rest of the season after suffering a fractured jaw in the JJB Irish Cup win over Glentoran.

Bolton midfielder Stuart Holden is ruled out for six weeks after suffering a fracture to his right leg.

JIM Jefferies admits he is "almost scared to train" his Hearts players, so bad has the club's injury crisis become.

Wales boss John Toshack reveals injured Arsenal teenager Aaron Ramsey is "comfortable and in good spirits" in hospital after his horrific double leg break.

HIBS boss John Hughes today ruled Kevin McBride out of this week's two crucial SPL matches against St Johnstone after the midfield star was forced to limp out of the actio

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ASHLEY Cole faces a fight to be fit in time for the World Cup finals in South Africa after the Chelsea defender fractured his ankle in Wednesday's 2-1 loss at Everton.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has fresh injury worries over Andrey Arshavin and Alex Song ahead of his side's midweek Champions League clash at Porto.

Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs is sidelined for four weeks after fracturing his right arm in the 1-1 draw at Aston Villa on Wednesday.

Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs is sidelined for four weeks after fracturing his right arm in the 1-1 draw at Aston Villa on Wednesday.

HEARTS manager Jim Jefferies has a mounting injury list ahead of his side's SPL clash against Celtic at Parkhead tomorrow night.

DUNDEE United have completed the signing of Latvian defender Pavels Mihadjuks. The long-term target of city rivals Dundee has agreed a deal to the end of the season after

Rory McIlroy will visit a Belfast specialist on Monday to discover the extent of a back problem.

The disappointing result aside, Saturday's 2-1 defeat away to Burnley at Turf Moor featured the almost obligatory injury to a new West Ham signing on their debut, in this case Benni Mc Carthy, recent recipients of this dubious honour, signed during the Eggy excess period, have included Mathew Upson when signed from Birmingham, Craig Bellamy when signed from Liverpool, Lucas Neill when signed from Blackburn, and Newcastle Duo Scott Parker and Kieron Dyer, not forgetting Julien Faubert (God rest his mother), who didn't even make it past the pre-season friendlies!

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HEARTS defender Ismael Bouzid faces up to four weeks out of action after suffering a hamstring tear during Tuesday's semi-final defeat by St Mirren.

West Ham striker Zavon Hines is likely to miss the rest of the season after undergoing knee surgery.

Tyrone defender Mickey McGee is likely to be on the sidelines for at least the rest of the season following recent shoulder surgery.

Dave Jones is dealt another blow as Cardiff City captain Mark Hudson faces three months out as the defender is to undergo ankle surgery.

Donegal's highly rated wing half- forward Darragh Gallagher will be out for three months after breaking a bone in his chest.

HEARTS manager Csaba Laszlo was left bemoaning not only a 3-0 defeat by Aberdeen last night, but also injuries to four players which leave them in doubt for Saturday's gam

Bundesliga leaders Bayer 04 Leverkusen face several more weeks without Simon Rolfes after the midfielder underwent an operation to repair cartilage in the knee that sidelined him earlier this term.

Wigan goalkeeper Chris Kirkland will be out for up to three weeks after injuring his collarbone in an accident while training.

ST JOHNSTONE manager Derek McInnes will take no heed of Celtic's lengthy absentee list ahead of tomorrow's Clydesdale Bank Premier League clash at McDiarmid Park.

Portadown are hit by injury blows to defenders Ryan McCluskey and Keith O'Hara

ABERDEEN have been hit with an injury blow following the news that centre-half Andrew Considine may miss most of the second half of the season after being booked in for hip su

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson says defender John O'Shea is likely to miss the rest of the season because of a thigh injury.

Sir Alex Ferguson has admitted defender John O'Shea will probably miss the remainder of Manchester United FC's season after failing to recover from an injury initially thought to be a simple dead leg.

Sir Alex Ferguson has admitted defender John O'Shea will probably miss the remainder of Manchester United FC's season after failing to recover from an injury initially thought to be a simple dead leg.

CELTIC'S new signing Ki Sung-Yueng faces weeks on the sidelines after suffering an injury on his debut against Falkirk.

Spain coach José Venancio Lopez believes the holders will have no problem motivating themselves for another triumph but told uefa.com he is concerned by injuries to a number of key men, including Kike and Daniel.

Gabriel Heinze is an injury doubt for Olympique de Marseille's UEFA Europa League tie against FC København as he requires around four weeks to recover from a pulled hamstring suffered on Sunday.

Gabriel Heinze is an injury doubt for Olympique de Marseille's UEFA Europa League tie against FC København as he requires around four weeks to recover from a pulled hamstring suffered on Sunday.

Arsenal midfielders Aaron Ramsey and Samir Nasri both face three weeks on the sidelines after picking up injuries during training last week.

Arsenal midfielders Aaron Ramsey and Samir Nasri both face three weeks on the sidelines after picking up injuries during training last week.

Fulham's American winger Clint Dempsey suffers suspected cruciate knee ligament damage, which could jeopardise his place at the 2010 World Cup.

RAFAEL Benitez suffered a serious blow in his battle to salvage Liverpool's shattered season yesterday as he lost the services of his three leading players.

TOMORROW ranks as potentially the biggest game of Jason Thomson's fledgling Hearts career.

Fernando Torres will miss Liverpool FC's tie against FC Unirea Urziceni after being ruled out for six weeks while Steven Gerrard is sidelined for a fortnight and Yossi Benayoun out for up to a month.

Fernando Torres will miss Liverpool FC's tie against FC Unirea Urziceni after being ruled out for six weeks while Steven Gerrard is sidelined for a fortnight and Yossi Benayoun out for up to a month.

Birmingham midfielder Lee Carsley is ruled out for six weeks with an ankle injury suffered in the FA Cup win over Nottingham Forest.

Juventus centre-back Giorgio Chiellini will miss Tuesday's decisive UEFA Champions League Group A fixture against FC Bayern München after a thigh injury saw him ruled out of action for several weeks.

Juventus centre-back Giorgio Chiellini will miss Tuesday's decisive UEFA Champions League Group A fixture against FC Bayern München after a thigh injury saw him ruled out of action for several weeks.

Sevilla FC have suffered a major setback ahead of their Group G encounter with Rangers FC with the news that striker Luis Fabiano will sit out the remainder of the year with a right ankle sprain.

Sevilla FC have suffered a major setback ahead of their Group G encounter with Rangers FC with the news that striker Luis Fabiano will sit out the remainder of the year with a right ankle sprain.