Bastian Schweinsteiger looked ready to do battle following his return to light training with Bayern Munich five days ago.

Pause and recall with us, Kickettes, how Schweini tore ankle ligaments in the German Cup quarter-final win at Stuttgart on 8 February, which was only his fourth game back after breaking his collarbone last November.

Norwich superstar Grant Holt has played down his England prospects in what sounded like an angry response to suggestions that he's getting a bit frisky. Believe it or not, Holt was asked if he was expecting an England call-up and not whether he was molesting himself when he said: "I'm not holding my phone tightly [.

Norwich superstar Grant Holt has played down his England prospects in what sounded like an angry response to suggestions that he's getting a bit frisky. Believe it or not, Holt was asked if he was expecting an England call-up and not whether he was molesting himself when he said: "I'm not holding my phone tightly [.

Some sad news for all Villa and England fans as Darren Bent has been uled out for the rest of the season and possibly the Euro's after rupturing ankle ligaments. It is believed that Bent sustained the injuries during Villa's barren draw with Wigan over the weekend.

Of course this is a big blow to England's Euro hopes if Bent fails to recover in time and for stuart Pearce, this could not have come at a worse time as he prepares to lead his squad against the Netherlands in a friendly at Wembley tomorrow night.

After watching Per Mertesacker tearing his ankle ligaments in Arsenal's League win over Sunderland last week, Arsene Wenger feared that his third-choice centre-back would be out 'long-term'. Wenger said at the time: "Unfortunately he has had surgery and we have lost him for a while," "How long I don't know.

Arsenal's week has gone from bad to worse as their manager Arsene Wenger has confirmed that central defender Per Mertesacker will be missing for a long period of time due to a serious ankle injury.

The latest injury blow comes at a very bad time for the North Londoners, who will also be without the services of their other centre back Laurent Koscielny for tomorrow's FA Cup clash with Sunderland at the Stadium of Light.

S1-2A by fasthighlights

Sunderland has always been a tough side to crack and yesterday was no different on a horrible pitch at the Stadium of Blight. The first half was marked by the usual spectacle of Arsenal bossing the ball with little to show. Sunderland known for its strong defending did just that but their counterattacking was laboured.

Manchester United's 2-1 win over Arsenal at the Emirates yesterday is proving to be one really costly win. The Red Devils will be without 4 of their first team players as they won the first of 4 huge away games.

Rooney, Nani, Carrick and Jones are in danger of missing out on United's FA Cup away fixture to Liverpool on Saturday after the quartet suffered injuries during the game.

There's a bevy of beautiful 'ballers across multiple domestic leagues who desperately need medical assistance.

We've already written our recommended rehab prescriptions, and now all we ask is for some expert(s) in the field who can responsibly oversee their care and return them to fighting fit form.

Morning all.

Last night Chelsea beat Man City. Not with iron bars, sadly. If it were up to me teams I didn't like (which is all of them) would be sent onto the pitch carrying clubs and planks with nails sticking out of them and told to have at each other. The team with most men left standing at the end gets the three points.

We were a little worried last night that Yohan Cabaye may have damaged his ankle ligaments, and that would have kept him on the sidelines for many weeks. Yohan Cabaye in action for France The Sunday Sun is reporting today that the scan he got yesterday, is showing no damage to his ligaments, and [.

MUNICH, Germany — Bayern Munich midfielder Franck Ribery admitted Sunday he was relieved his knee injury is only expected to keep him out of training for five days. The Frenchman was helped off the pitch after 25 minutes of Bayern's 1-1 draw with Wolfsburg on Saturday in the Bundesliga and the German champions were bracing [.