| Terry suffered back spasms after fall • Centre-back's progress will be monitored• Chelsea face three games in eight days from SaturdayJohn Terry has returned to Chelsea after his release by England because of a back problem. It is uncertain how long the centre-back will be out of action, but the club have released a statement regarding the injury he sustained on Sunday."John landed awkwardly on his back during training with the national team, which resulted in back spasms. He was assessed by their medical team and has returned to Chelsea. We will continue to monitor his progress over the next few days."Chelsea are away to Aston Villa in Saturday's evening kick-off. They then face Spartak Moscow at home a week tomorrow and Wolves at home on Saturday 23 October.The Brazilian centre-back Alex is also injured – he suffered a thigh injury in the 2-0 win over Arsenal on 3 October and is expected to miss the fixtures against Villa and Spartak.John TerryEnglandChelseaguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |
Darren Bent may recover in time for Sunderland's tie with Blackburn, says Steve Bruce Steve Bruce refuses to rule Darren Bent out of Sunderland's trip to Blackburn despite striker's withdrawal from England squad. telegraph.co.uk |
Newcastle Utd v Arsenal - live! • Hit F5 for the latest or select the auto-refresh button below• Follow tonight's goals in the Carling Cup on our scoreboard• And email your thoughts to scott.murray@guardian.co.ukIt's about time Newcastle won something again. Isn't it? No pot since their Fairs Cup win of 1969, no domestic trophy since they won the FA Cup in 1955, quite frankly, this is getting ridiculous.The nearest they've come to a cup since, given you can't possibly count their non-appearances in the 1998 and 1999 FA Cup finals: The 1976 League Cup, which was decided by Dennis Tueart's magnificent goal for Manchester City, the greatest League Cup final moment of all time, according to some poll or other.So can they take another tilt at the trophy? Well, for a place in the quarter final, they'll need to get past Arsene Wenger's kids. Wenger has pledged to field a strong team, saying Arsenal will "go for every single competition with every resource we have". Aye, right you are. Newcastle too will ring the changes, with the derby against Sunderland coming up at the weekend, but they'll go into the game with confidence nonetheless, having disposed of England's champions, Chelsea, in the last round. Here's hoping for an easy-on-the-eye cracker from the second strings.Kick off: 7.45pm.Newcastle United, with nine changes from the weekend: Krul, Perch, Williamson, Kadar, Ryan Taylor, Routledge, Guthrie, Smith, Vuckic, Lovenkrands, Ranger.Subs: Soderberg, Coloccini, Jose Enrique, Barton, Carroll, Gutierrez, Tiote.Arsenal, also with nine changes from the weekend: Szczesny, Eboue, Djourou, Koscielny, Gibbs, Denilson, Eastmond, Rosicky, Walcott, Bendtner, Vela.Subs: Fabianski, Sagna, Fabregas, Arshavin, Emmanuel-Thomas, Lansbury, Nordtveit.Referee: Andre Marriner (W Midlands).Carling CupNewcastle UnitedArsenalScott Murrayguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |
Manchester City fans pay their respects to former manager Malcolm Allison Manchester City fans gather at Eastlands to pay their respects as former manager Malcolm Allison's funeral cortege passes by. telegraph.co.uk |
Canada's Sinclair named finalist for FIFA award Canadian striker Christine Sinclair made the 10-woman nominations list for the 2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or world player of the year award. cbc.ca |