Arsenal defender Thomas Vermaelen suffered a suspected broken leg during the goalless draw at Aston
Villa in the Premier League on Wednesday.The 24-year-old Belgiium international, who has made a
huge impact at the Emirates after his move from Ajax Amsterdam last year, limped off after 35
minutes."His leg is numb, it might be a nerve, or it might be a fracture of the fibula, we hope
not, but we
The tournament of 1974 was designed somewhat differently from the previous tournaments: instead of
quarterfinals and semifinals, the winners and runners-up of each group would go through to two
play-off groups of four teams, whose winners would then dispute the final.In the second group
stages the defending world champions of Brazil came face to face with the revelation of the
tournament, the
On Friday, Alberto Zaccheroni was named manager of Juventus FC. Ciro Ferrarra had been a dead
man walking for weeks.
After elimination by Inter Milan in the Italian Cup on Thursday evening, Mr. Ferrara's fate was
sealed. Efforts to lure Guus Hiddink away from the Russian bench failed.
