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| Rooney set for United return after badly gashed thigh Posted: 25 Sep 2012 08:57 AM PDT LONDON, Sept 25 – England striker Wayne Rooney, who has not played for a month after suffering a severely gashed thigh against Fulham, is likely to return for Manchester United this week. Rooney's leg was badly cut in an accidental clash with Fulham forward Hugo Rodallega at Old Trafford on Aug. 25 but he could play against Newcastle United in the League Cup tomorrow or against Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League on Saturday. "He is not far away," manager Alex Ferguson told reporters. "He's doing a lot of great training and has been working hard." Darren Fletcher, who was out for almost 10 months with a chronic bowel complaint, made his comeback as a substitute in last week's Champions League game against Galatasaray and will again feature in the League Cup third round tie. "He will certainly play against Newcastle," said Ferguson. "That is a perfect game for him. "Then we have the game against Tottenham and he possibly could be involved in that depending on how he does on Wednesday." Scotland skipper Fletcher must live with his incurable bowel condition but Ferguson said he was managing the situation well. "He's handling the conditions at the moment and he looks fine as we saw the other night," said the United manager. "It's a matter of hoping the condition stays dormant. He's handling his diet well and doing all the right things so hopefully he gets that break he needs." – Reuters |
| Platini determined to introduce winter World Cup Posted: 25 Sep 2012 08:18 AM PDT  UEFA President Michel Platini arrives for the World Cup qualifying soccer match between France and Belarus in Saint-Denis, near Paris, September 11, 2012. Platini is determined to stage the World Cup during the European winter for the first time at the 2022 tournament in Qatar. – Reuters pic The move would require all major European Leagues to take a month-long winter break, including England's Premier League which has no mid-season break at all. "I hope it will be held in winter," he said. "We have to go to Qatar when it is good for everybody to participate. What is better for the fans?" Platini believes there is enough time to work out how to organise the domestic leagues around a winter World Cup. "In 10 years we can manage to decide how we can postpone the season for one month," he said. "January is difficult for the World Cup because you have the Winter Olympic Games. If we stop from Nov. 2 to Dec. 20, it means, instead of finishing in May, we stop in June. It is not a big problem. It is for the good of the World Cup, the most important competition in the world." Platini voted for Qatar to get the 2022 World Cup in preference to England and was also in favour of Russia being awarded the 2018 tournament. "I voted for Qatar because it was time to go to a country in that part of the world," he said. "They bid five times." He also denied voting for Qatar after being told to do so by former France president Nicolas Sarkozy. "I tell you one thing immediately," Platini said. "One day I was invited to dinner by Sarkozy where there was the Prime Minister of Qatar. Mr Sarkozy never asked me during the dinner to vote for Qatar. They invited me to the dinner but they know I will be independent, that I will vote for who I want." – Reuters |
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