Kasım 13, 2007 · Kategori: Sports
George McCartney has been ruled out of Northern Ireland's Euro 2008 qualifiers against Denmark and Spain.
McCartney suffered an ankle injury in West Ham's Premier
League game against Derby on Saturday and a scan on Monday revealed
ligament damage.
"I definitely won't make the two Northern Ireland games," McCartney told BBC Sport.
Northern Ireland face Denmark in Belfast on Saturday before taking on Spain in Las Palmas four days later.
McCartney's withdrawal could open the door for Manchester United's Jonny Evans to be recalled.
He was surprinsgly left out when boss Nigel
Worthington named his original panel for Saturday's home meeting with
Denmark and the match away to Spain four days later.
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Kasım 13, 2007 · Kategori: Sports
On Sunday, games were halted across the country and police attacked after a Lazio fan was shot by a policeman.
Italy's Euro 2008 qualifier away to Scotland on Saturday means there are no top-flight Serie A games next weekend.
But FIGC president Giancarlo Abete has
not ruled out the possibility of the postponements continuing after the
international break.
"We don't intend to restart all tournaments from Sunday 25," he said.
"We will have to study, with the Serie A clubs, certain
initiatives to be put in place by the 25th - a reflection of the values
of football, like a categorical no to any form of violence."
Sports minister Giovanna Melandri had earlier asked for
"a strong gesture, in particular suspending the championships for a few
weeks".
She added: "Today I think a significant gesture needs to
be made to express the condolences from the sporting world and the
football world and the shared mourning and at the same time a
condemnation without hesitation of violence."
Sunday's incident occurred when Lazio fans travelling to
see their team play at Inter Milan encountered Juventus fans at a
motorway service station in Tuscany.
Lazio's game with Inter and Roma's match with Cagliari
were both postponed in the aftermath of the fatal shooting, and
Atalanta's game with Milan was abandoned after just seven minutes.
Italy's anti-hooligan body has proposed the banning of large groups of potentially violent away supporters from all grounds.
It has also suggested that away fan attendance should be
decided on a game-by-game basis, and wants 'supporter passports'
introduced as soon as possible.
Uefa spokesman William Gaillard told BBC Sport that
although there was clearly a serious problem, it was unfair to lay the
blame entirely at the door of football.
"It reflects social difficulties in Italian cities which
have little to do with football, and also the presence of extremists
and organised groups do not reflect what the average fan feels about
football," he said.
"That bullet could have hit anyone in the parking lot,
so it's tragic. Football has a central place in the life of Italy, so
whatever problems exist at a social level find their way to the
stadium."
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