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The team said in a statement that the Monaco left back had a muscle tear and needed three weeks to recover, not enough time to be fit for Nigeria's group games.

Germany attacking midfielder Marco Reus was ruled out of the World Cup on Saturday with an ankle injury sustained in a 6-1 friendly win over Armenia.

He along with Spain's Iker Casillas is the only goalkeeper at this World Cup to collect more than 100 caps for his national team.

With just over a week to go before the World Cup kicks off, Brazil is racing to get its stadiums, airports, roads and phone networks ready.

With 10 days left before Brazil face Croatia in Sao Paulo, Scolari said that after the World Cup starts there's not a lot to think about.

With 10 days to go to the World Cup, Brazil was rushing to finish installing seats in stadiums and deal with threats ranging from violent protests to dengue fever.

Captain Thiago Silva and midfielders Paulinho and Fernandinho will not play in Brazil's warm-up match against Panama on Tuesday.

Montes will not compete for Mexico at the World Cup in Brazil after suffering a serious leg fracture during a 3-1 win over Ecuador in a friendly match.

Cristiano Ronaldo sat out Portugal's exhibition match against Greece on Saturday and his flair was sorely missed as the two World Cup-bound teams produced a tedious 0-0 draw.

Coach Oscar Tabarez named the Liverpool player, who was top scorer with 31 goals in the Premier League last season, in his 23-man squad.

World Cup holder Spain has included Diego Costa in their 23-man squad for Brazil despite lingering worries over a leg muscle injury to the striker.

Costa Rica's World Cup hopes suffered a major blow on Thursday when striker Alvaro Saborio was ruled out of next month's finals with a fractured metatarsal.

Poland goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski is moving from Arsenal to Swansea after his contract expired at the north London club.

Poyet enhanced his burgeoning reputation at managerial level by guiding Sunderland to safety last season with four wins from their last five games and also to the League Cup final.

Germany can rely on versatile captain Philipp Lahm, who recorded a passing accuracy of 92 percent in the Bundesliga, supplying balls to Marco Reus.

Tottenham has hired Pochettino as the club's new manager on a five-year contract, with the former Argentina defender making the move from Southampton.